Romantism Test

Question 0

Define Sensibility

Answer 0

Acute perception of, responsive toward something like emotions

Question 1

Definition of Romanism

Answer 1

Literary moment, profound shift in sensibility

Question 2

What was the reaction to the Webster time

Answer 2

Industrial revolution

Question 3

What were three main influences of Romanism

Answer 3

Intellectually
Politically
Emotionally

Question 4

Intellectually

Answer 4

Marked a violent reaction to enlightenment

Question 5

Politically

Answer 5

Inspire by the revolutions in USA and France

Question 6

Emotionally

Answer 6

Expressed an extreme assertion of the self and the value of individual experience

Question 7

Nature of romanticism

Answer 7

Spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling
Wordsworth
-found in the preface in the lyrical ballots

Question 8

Romantic originality

Answer 8

Creation of nothingness
Solely from your imagination
Like nature

Question 9

Four main differences of romanticism versus restoration

Answer 9

Examine inner feelings emotions imagination 
idealistic 
mysterious 
supernatural 
concerned with the particular
 romanticizing the past 
concerned with common people and individuals 
Nature should be untamed

Question 10

Restoration

Answer 10

Scientific observation of outer world 
logic 
Pragmatic
 science technology 
general universal experiences 
optimistic about present 
moderation self-restraint 
aristocratic society 
 nature controlled by humans

Question 11

Big six

Answer 11

William Blake 
William Wordsworth 
Samuel taylor Coleridge 
Percey shelley 
John Keats 
Lord Byron

Question 12

Lyrical ballads

Answer 12

First published anonymously in 1798
Beginning of romantic era
Published by Wordsworth and Coleridge

Question 13

Wordsworth says good poetry is

Answer 13

Spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings

Question 14

4 romantic themes

Answer 14

Imagination
Individuality
Idealism
Intuition

Question 15

Imagination

Answer 15

Emphasize over reason
backlash against rationalism
imagination was necessary for creating art
intellectual intuition

Question 16

Individuality

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Celebrated the individual

woman’s rights abolish were taking root

Question 17

Idealism

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Believes the world will be a better place
emphasize the spirit
language over matter
their poems made the world better

Question 18

Intuition

Answer 18

Feelings instincts over reason

emotions were important in romantic art

Question 19

Important dates….GO

Answer 19

1775-1783: American Revolution (fighting ended in 1781)
1789-1815: French Revolution
1798: publication of Lyrical Ballads
1798-1832: Romantic Period
1812: Byron publishes Childe Harold’s pilgrimage
1813: Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1818: Mary Shelley publishes Frankeinstein
1819: Percy Bysshe Shelley publishes “Ode to the West Wind”
1820: John Keats Publishes “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
1832: First Reform Act extends voting rights and end of the Romantic Age