The Romantic Period

Question 1

Exoticism and nationalism are major themes of _____.

Answer 1

Romanticism

Question 2

Of all of the intellectual and artistic movements that came out of the 19th century, _____ is
perhaps the one that influenced the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries to the greatest extent.

Answer 2

Romanticism

Question 3

The Romantic movement’s burst of expression in the arts encompassed numerous themes that were not shackled to the dichotomy of _____ and _____.

Answer 3

religious faith, rational science

Question 4

Rapid advances in technology during the _____ Period led to a dramatic shift of productivity in England, which was later called the _____.

Answer 4

Romantic, Industrial Revolution

Question 5

Goethe deliberately places German _____ themes and images on par with _____ ones in Faust

Answer 5

folkloric (nationalist), classical

Question 6

The Byronic hero, as fashioned by Lord Byron and his legions of followers, was presented as something of an _____ who openly and flagrantly questioned the norms and traditions of their time.

Answer 6

anti-hero

Question 7

_____ states that reality is a mental construct, and therefore, the only knowledge we have of the world is knowledge of our mental experiences.

Answer 7

Idealism

Question 8

According to _____, society and social institutions ultimately corrupt individuals, stripping them of their natural freedom. They believe that people must become free and _____ by returning to nature.

Answer 8

transcendentalists, self-reliant

Question 9

The _____ philosophers overtly rejected the particularly rigid philosophical and spiritual ideals put forth during the Enlightenment and instead embraced a more spiritual, irrational view of both the world and knowledge.

Answer 9

Romantic

Question 10

While Enlightenment philosophers focused on attempting to uncover _____ facts about the world, Romantic thinkers highlighted the _____ of how individuals experience the world.

Answer 10

objective, subjectivity

Question 11

In his work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, _____ rejects the traditional idea of _____ truth and instead frames truth as something that a particular perspective must always create.

Answer 11

Friedrich Nietzsche, objective

Question 12

_____ is widely considered to be a founding father of transcendentalism, which became a legitimate cultural and philosophical movement following his publication of _____.

Answer 12

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature

Question 13

Meaning to be characterized by attack on cherished beliefs or institutions.

Answer 13

iconoclastic

Question 14

Romantic literary themes included:

• a movement away from rationalism to embrace the _____
• a focus on the superiority of _____
• a contemplation of the divine or higher _____ purpose
• a focus on the _____ and introspection

Answer 14

imagination
nature
moral
self

Question 15

_____ is one of the foundational English Romantic poets.

Answer 15

William Wordsworth

Question 16

His collection of poems, Lyrical Ballads (1798), written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, contains some of the most influential poems in Western literature. Many of these articulate the beauty of nature.

Answer 16

William Wordsworth

Question 17

_____ (1795-1821) also ranks among the core Romantic poets and is best known for his poetry, including “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”

Answer 17

John Keats

Question 18

His most famous work is the epic novel Moby Dick

Answer 18

Herman Melville (1819-1891)

Question 19

His seminal work, Leaves of Grass (1856), contains “Song of Myself,” in which he expressed his personal connection to diverse aspects of humanity.

Answer 19

Walt Whitman

Question 20

She became a respected author in her own right with her novel Frankenstein

Answer 20

Mary Shelley

Question 21

_____ (1818-1895) became the most visible African American abolitionist of the era through his eloquent speeches and the publication of The Narrative of the Life of _____, an American Slave (1845)

Answer 21

Frederick Douglass

Question 22

Edgar Allan Poe is often considered the quintessential writer for _____ literature during the Romantic Era

Answer 22

Gothic

Question 23

Romantic painters used _____ colors. Rapid, expressive, _____ brushstrokes were used to evoke emotions

Answer 23

brighter, visible

Question 24

Romantic sculptures created heroic and e____ figures

Answer 24

expressive

Question 25

Liberty Leading the People (1830) showcased _____’s open expression of his support for republican causes.

Answer 25

Eugène Delacroix

Question 26

The architects of the Romantic Period reacted against the clean Neoclassical style and embraced the _____.

Answer 26

Gothic Revival

Question 27

Romantic composers were inspired by heroic and _____ themes and wrote grand symphonies and operas that inspired a new sense of _____ among audiences.

Answer 27

nationalistic, nationalism

Question 28

Polish composer and pianist _____’s 27th Nocturne in C-sharp minor follows the form A-B-A with a _____.

Answer 28

Frédéric Chopin, coda

Question 29

_____ composed a total of 15 Hungarian Rhapsodies inspired by a mix of traditional Hungarian music and gypsy folk music, for which he had a great affinity.

Answer 29

Franz Liszt

Question 30

The nine sections of Also Sprach Zarathustra, composed in 1896 by _____, are modeled after _____’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

Answer 30

Richard Strauss, Nietzsche

Question 31

While exoticism certainly produced more diverse works during the Romantic Period, it also emphasized the Eurocentric worldview that looked down upon _____.

Answer 31

Eastern cultures

Question 32

American hymns and church music drew their inspiration from the works of _____.

Answer 32

European Classical composers

Question 33

A feature of Romantic music, the melody and inner voices feature _____, which can often sound unsettling.

Answer 33

chromaticism

Question 34

A belief in promoting social and political equality.

Answer 34

egalitarianism

Question 35

A quality of greatness or vastness that is beyond calculation, comparison, or imitation; often invoked with reference to nature.

Answer 35

sublime

Question 36

Philosophical movement during the Romantic era that emphasized feeling over reason and the role of the individual finding an intuitive relation to the universe through solitude amid nature.

Answer 36

transcendentalism