Fiero Chapter 12 Romanticism Complete Test Bank

Chapter 12

Romanticism

1. What was a quality with which the principles of Romanticism were in agreement?

A. Religious authority

B. Reason

C. Industrialization

D. Individualism

Learning Objective: Describe the impact of the Industrial Revolution on Western society

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic music

Learning Objective: Recognize the artistic and historical contribution of Romantic visual artists

Topic: History

2. Which landmark work, by William Wordsworth, marked the birth of the Romantic movement in England?

A. On the Origin of Species

B. Leaves of Grass

C. Defense of Poetry

D. Lyrical Ballads

Learning Objective: Characterize the importance of nature to Romantic writers

Topic: Literature

3. In Romanticism, what was the “sublime?” 

A. Awe-inspiring nature

B. The Hegelian dialectic

C. The promises of industrialization

D. Secret messages encoded in the works of Ancient scholars

Learning Objective: Characterize the importance of nature to Romantic writers

Topic: Literature

4. Whose “Ode on a Grecian Urn” concludes that “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”?

A. Shelley

B. Keats

C. Emerson

D. Wordsworth

Learning Objective: Characterize the importance of nature to Romantic writers

Topic: Literature

5. Goethe’s hero, Faust, is symbolic of what Western ideal?

A. Veneration of class

B. Urge to transcend limitations

C. Desire to conform to societal norms

D. Emphasis on knowledge over experience

Learning Objective: Characterize the importance of nature to Romantic writers

Topic: Literature

6. In what way did Darwin contribute to the study of biology?

A. Developing the theory of natural selection

B. Introducing the concept of biological evolution

C. Applying evolutionary theory to human society

D. Insisting that religion and science could not be reconciled

Learning Objective: Describe Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

Topic: History

Topic: Theory of Evolution

7. J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, and Thomas Cole were all noted painters of what subject?

A. Native peoples

B. Natural landscapes

C. Heroic actions

D. Historical events

Learning Objective: Compare the landscape in Chinese and European art

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: nature and landscapes

8. What was a stance of the American writer Henry Thoreau?

A. Praise for the U. S. government for its commitment to human liberty

B. Value for nature as a source of information

C. View of industrialization as key to perfecting human society

D. Commitment to violent rebellion when necessary

Learning Objective: Describe the poetry and thought of major Romantic writers

Learning Objective: Recognize characteristics of American Transcendentalism

Topic: Literature

Topic: Transcendentalism

9. What is one of the main characteristics of Whitman’s landmark poetry?

A. It is written in free verse.

B. It promotes celibacy as a means to transcendence. 

C. It celebrates the traditional monarchy.

D. It is both modest and self-effacing.

Learning Objective: Identify the poetic accomplishments of Walt Whitman

Topic: Literature

Topic: Transcendentalism

10. Which of the following people is considered to be one of the first Realists in the English novel-writing tradition?

A. William Wordsworth

B. John Keats

C. Jane Austen

D. Mary Shelley

Learning Objective: Recount the literary contributions of female writers in the Romantic era

Topic: Literature

11. Which of the following persons was a male counterpart to the abolitionist Sojourner Truth?

A. Emerson

B. Thoreau

C. Catlin

D. Douglass

Learning Objective: Define the efforts of the abolitionists to end slavery in the United States

Topic: Abolition

Topic: History

12. Which of the following statements about George Catlin is FALSE?

A. His paintings of Native Americans show a deep respect for them as people.

B. He helped to develop the image of Native Americans as ecologically-minded.

C. He used his paintings to garner support for the government's policy of relocating Native Americans to reservations.

D. His paintings and written descriptions of Native Americans were based on first-hand experience gained by living with numerous Native American peoples.

Learning Objective: Recognize the artistic and historical contribution of Romantic visual artists

Topic: Art and Architecture

13. Goya immortalized the history of the French occupation of Spain in what landmark series of etchings and aquatints?

A. The Raft of the "Medusa"

B. The Disasters of War

C. The Third of May

D. The Departure of the Volunteers

Learning Objective: Recognize the artistic and historical contribution of Romantic visual artists

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: heroism

14. Which of the following former slaves learned to write and personally authored a memoir with his or her own hand?

A. Sojourner Truth

B. Frederick Douglass

C. Nat Turner

D. Harriet Beecher Stowe

Learning Objective: Define the efforts of the abolitionists to end slavery in the United States

Topic: Abolition

Topic: Literature

15. What is a hallmark of Eugène Delacroix’s style?

A. Strict symmetry of composition

B. Use of muted colors

C. Pictorial license

D. Exacting realism

Learning Objective: Recognize the artistic and historical contribution of Romantic visual artists

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: heroism

16. In Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People, the artist featured those whom he considered the heroes of revolutionary France, including which group?

A. Aristocracy sympathetic to the cause

B. Members of the French military

C. Members of the middle and working classes

D. The Catholic clergy

Learning Objective: Recognize the artistic and historical contribution of Romantic visual artists

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: heroism

17. London’s Houses of Parliament are a landmark example of what style?

A. Neomedievalism

B. Neoclassicism

C. Indian Gothic

D. Eclecticism

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic architecture

Topic: Art and Architecture

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18. In his Symphony No. 5, what musical features did Beethoven make use of?

A. Strong contrasts of loud and soft sound

B. The scherzo

C. idée fixe

D. Dramatic motifs

E. Lieder form

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic music

Topic: Music and Dance

19. What development happened in music during the Romantic period? 

A. Emotional expression was restrained.

B. The orchestra grew to grand proportions.

C. The classical forms and rules were rigorously followed.

D. Dissonance fell out of favor.

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic music

Topic: Music and Dance

20. The fact that the nineteenth century was “the age of the virtuoso” is most evident in the work of which composer?

A. Schubert

B. Berlioz

C. Chopin

D. Beethoven

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic music

Topic: Music and Dance

21. The independent art song originated by Franz Schubert that united music and poetry was called the ______.

A. idée fixe.

B. arpeggio.

C. lied.

D. scherzo.

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic music

Topic: Music and Dance

22. Romantic ballets such as La sylphide derived their plot lines from what source?

A. Fairy tales and folk legends

B. Contemporary novels

C. Art songs

D. Real life events

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic music

Topic: Music and Dance

23. What subject was depicted in the most famous paintings of Géricault and Goya?

A. Fairy tales

B. The natural landscape

C. Scenes from contemporary novels

D. Current events

Learning Objective: Recognize the artistic and historical contribution of Romantic visual artists

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: heroism

24. Which of the following best describes the Romantic architecture at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton?

A. Neoclassical

B. Neogothic

C. Heroic

D. Eastern exotic

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic architecture

Topic: Art and Architecture

25. Why was the nineteenth century an important time in African history?

A. African music and literature came to be recorded.

B. The prohibition of guns in Africa allowed local cultures to flourish in peace.

C. Europeans no longer focused on economic advantages in Africa.

D. African leaders took advantage of shrinking European commercial and political ambitions.

Learning Objective: Recognize the artistic and historical contribution of Romantic visual artists

Topic: Africa

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Music and Dance

26. Heroism, nationalism and passion are themes associated with Romanticism. Which landmarks of the nineteenth century are most representative of these themes?

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic architecture

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic music

Learning Objective: Recognize the artistic and historical contribution of Romantic visual artists

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: heroism

Topic: Literature

Topic: nature and landscapes

27. Nature and the sublime inspired many artists and thinkers of the Romantic era. Which landmarks are most representative of these themes?

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic music

Learning Objective: Recognize characteristics of American Transcendentalism

Learning Objective: Recognize the essential characteristics of American landscape paintings

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Literature

Topic: Music and Dance

Topic: nature and landscapes

Topic: Transcendentalism

28. What landmark contributions did women Romantics make? How was their work similar or different to that of their male counterparts?

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic music

Learning Objective: Recognize characteristics of American Transcendentalism

Learning Objective: Recognize the essential characteristics of American landscape paintings

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Literature

Topic: Music and Dance

Category # of Questions

Learning Objective: Characterize the importance of nature to Romantic writers 4

Learning Objective: Compare the landscape in Chinese and European art 1

Learning Objective: Define the efforts of the abolitionists to end slavery in the United States 2

Learning Objective: Describe Charles Darwin's theory of evolution 1

Learning Objective: Describe the impact of the Industrial Revolution on Western society 1

Learning Objective: Describe the poetry and thought of major Romantic writers 1

Learning Objective: Identify the poetic accomplishments of Walt Whitman 1

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic architecture 3

Learning Objective: Know characteristics of Romantic music 9

Learning Objective: Recognize characteristics of American Transcendentalism 3

Learning Objective: Recognize the artistic and historical contribution of Romantic visual artists 8

Learning Objective: Recognize the essential characteristics of American landscape paintings 2

Learning Objective: Recount the literary contributions of female writers in the Romantic era 1

Topic: Abolition 2

Topic: Africa 1

Topic: Art and Architecture 12

Topic: heroism 5

Topic: History 3

Topic: Literature 11

Topic: Music and Dance 8

Topic: nature and landscapes 3

Topic: Theory of Evolution 1

Topic: Transcendentalism 3