romanticism quiz

Question 1

romanticism (1800-1850)

Answer 1

a way of thinking that values the individual over the group, the subject over the objective, and a person’s emotional experience over reason.

Question 2

what are the sub-sections we read?

Answer 2

transcendentalism and gothic

Question 3

what emotions does romanticism place emphasis on?

Answer 3

apprehension, horror, terror, and awe

Question 4

what role does individualism play in American society?

Answer 4

they’ve sought opportunity, success, and prosperity

Question 5

what is transcendentalism?

Answer 5

an idealistic philosophical and social movement that developed in New England around 1836.

Question 6

what was a reaction to the industrial revolution and teach divinity permeates all nature and humanity?

Answer 6

transcendentalism

Question 7

what was happening during the war of 1812?

Answer 7

U.S. defeated G.B asserting its independence from European control. the most important effect was a sense of solidarity that frosted within the young nation.

Question 8

what was happening at the time of Manifest Destiny?

Answer 8

Many Americans believed in the term of Manifest Destiny which was the right to settle American’s lands across the continent. in 1840 most Americans lived in the Appalachian Mountains. Western expansion inspired an up-spring of national pride and self awareness.

Question 9

what was happening at the time of the trail of tears?

Answer 9

a result of westward expansion led to tribal lands and relocation of more than 100,00 Native Americans. 1838 ‘trail of tears’, thousands of Cherokee perished, where the promise of freedom from white settlement would last for only 15 years

Question 10

what was happening at the time of the industrial revolution?

Answer 10

the cotton gin, more than 1,000 factories in New England were placed. enlarging the market for women and immigrates, slavery grew stronger in the south.

Question 11

what was happening at the time of the Reconstruction Era?

Answer 11

a question from the civil war emerged, “how to guarantee the rights of millions whom law and tradition have previously been treated as property and not as people. era in which former slaves capitalized on their newfound freedoms

Question 12

Walt Whitman

Answer 12

he was born in Long Island, continued his work until his death in 1892, and regarded as one of the most influential and important collections of poetry ever written

Question 13

when was the first edition of ‘Leaves of Grass’ published?

Answer 13

1855

Question 14

what did Walt Whitman write in?

Answer 14

“free verse”
free verse means: his poems had no rhyme or meter

Question 15

what does ‘Leaves of Grass’ emphasize?

Answer 15

change, from life to death to new life

Question 16

what does ‘Leaves of Grass’ discuss?

Answer 16

he discusses the death of old traditions and ideas

Question 17

what is he celebrating in ‘Leaves of Grass’?

Answer 17

he’s celebrating America as a new nation

Question 18

in ‘Song of Myself’ who is he celebrating?

Answer 18

he’s celebrating himself within the first section of the poem

Question 19

what’s the meaning of stanzas?

Answer 19

sections of a poem, the paragraphs

Question 20

what workers are mentioned in ‘I Hear America Singing’?

Answer 20

mechanics, carpenters, masons, boatmans, deckhands, hatter, shoemaker, plowboys, mother, girl, wife

Question 21

what do the workers represent in ‘I Hear America Singing’?

Answer 21

they’re making up America at the time (made up of manual workers who are the heart of America)

Question 22

what does America symbolize in ‘I Hear America Singing?

Answer 22

the symbol of the people

Question 23

what is the meaning behind ‘I Hear America Singing?

Answer 23

it praises and appreciates the importance of the workers

Question 24

what’s the theme of ‘On the Beach at Night Alone?

Answer 24

the theme of interconnectedness

Question 25

whats the meaning of ‘On the Beach at Night Alone’?

Answer 25

that everything in connected, no matter how small or large. a vast similitude connect all things and that we are all equal

Question 26

whats a nation described as in ‘America’?

Answer 26

it’s described as a nation of equal sons and daughters (loves of people)

Question 27

what is ‘America’ written with?

Answer 27

it’s written with the “choppy” feel, full of commas

Question 28

what do we learn in the story ‘Oh Captain, My Captain’?

Answer 28

that the captain of the ship has died before the journey has ended.

Question 29

how does ‘Oh Captain, My Captain’ start and how’s it change?

Answer 29

it starts off as a celebration, but soon turns sad when the crew learns about the fate of the captain

Question 30

what is the captain a symbol of in ‘Oh Captain, My Captain’?

Answer 30

the captain is a symbol of Abraham Lincoln, who died before the end of the Civil War.

Question 31

what happened to Emily Dickinson’s writing?

Answer 31

her style was changed by her publisher

Question 32

what did Emily use all the time and what did it emphasize?

Answer 32

she used man dashes (-) and capital letters in her writing for emphasis as a way to get her readers to think

Question 33

what did she write multiple of?

Answer 33

wrote multiple extended metaphors to compare two objects

Question 34

what does sensory details mean?

Answer 34

details to help the readers experience a scene more fully

Question 35

in ‘The Soul Selects her own Society’ what does the soul do and what does It decide?

Answer 35

the soul casts out all others in order to be alone. it decides who it can be with

Question 36

in ‘Fame is a Fickle Food’, what does she compare fame to?

Answer 36

she compares it to food

Question 37

in ‘Fame is a Fickle Food’, what do the crows inspecting the food mean?

Answer 37

it means they’re inspecting the fame others have

Question 38

what does treason mean?

Answer 38

betrayal of trust or faith

Question 39

what is gothic literature?

Answer 39

a literary genre that began in England in the late 1700s

Question 40

what are some gothic elements?

Answer 40

black or remote settings, macabre or violet incidents, characters in psychological and/or physical torment, supernatural or otherworldly elements, and strong language full of dangerous meanings.

Question 41

Edgar Allan Poe

Answer 41

he was born in Boston, MA, and pursued a literary career in NY, Richmond, PH, and Baltimore.
suffered bouts of depression and madness. his wife Virginia died in 1847 at 24. Poe died alone and unhappy

Question 42

in ‘The Raven’, what does the story tell?

Answer 42

tells the story of a man who grieves for his lost love, Lenore. a mysterious talking raven appears at the speaker’s door, prompting him to question the raven about Lenore. (raven responds to each question with “Nevermore”)

Question 43

what does the poem ‘The Raven’, what does it explore?

Answer 43

how grief and loneliness can turn into madness

Question 44

what is the tone of ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’?

Answer 44

anxiety and nervousness (Poe uses repetition to draw his reader in and show how the narrator is becoming more anxious)

Question 45

what point of view is ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ told? Also, what assumption do we make about the story?

Answer 45

it is told from the 1st person’s point of view. we assume a narrator is a man, even though the gender is not revealed

Question 46

what hints/clues do we get that show the narrator will get away with his crime?

Answer 46

he allows the the cops inside, to look around, and even in the room he killed and hid the man. He also plays a game with the cops as he has a conversation with them

Question 47

what is the poem ‘Annabel Lee’ about?

Answer 47

it is about Poe’s wife Virginia who died of tuberculosis

Question 48

what tone does ‘Annabel Lee’ have?

Answer 48

a sad and dark tone

Question 49

what is the narrator talking about in ‘Annabel Lee’?

Answer 49

his lover who died of frostbite on a cold night