Chapter 12

Question 1

What is Romanticism?

Answer 1

An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement emphasizing emotion, nature, and individualism.

Question 2

Who was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

Answer 2

A philosopher whose ideas on emotion and nature influenced the Romantic movement.

Question 3

Name a notable work of William Blake.

Answer 3

Songs of Innocence and Experience.

Question 4

What themes did William Wordsworth celebrate in his poetry?

Answer 4

Nature and the human spirit.

Question 5

Which poem is Samuel Taylor Coleridge known for?

Answer 5

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Question 6

Who is known for creating Byronic heroes?

Answer 6

Lord Byron.

Question 7

Fill in the blank: Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote ______ to the West Wind.

Answer 7

[key learning term].

Question 8

What is Mary Shelley famous for?

Answer 8

The author of Frankenstein.

Question 9

Define Gothic Literature.

Answer 9

A genre combining Romanticism and horror, featuring supernatural elements and dark themes.

Question 10

What is Victor Hugo known for?

Answer 10

Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

Question 11

Who wrote Faust?

Answer 11

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Question 12

Name a famous painting by Caspar David Friedrich.

Answer 12

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.

Question 13

Which Spanish painter is known for The Third of May 1808?

Answer 13

Francisco Goya.

Question 14

What is Eugène Delacroix known for?

Answer 14

Liberty Leading the People.

Question 15

Identify a key characteristic of J.M.W. Turner’s work.

Answer 15

Expressive landscapes and maritime scenes.

Question 16

What does Romantic Nationalism emphasize?

Answer 16

National identity, folklore, and cultural heritage.

Question 17

Who are The Brothers Grimm?

Answer 17

German folklorists who collected and published Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

Question 18

What is a defining feature of Romantic Music?

Answer 18

Emphasis on emotion and individual expression.

Question 19

Which composer is known for his Ninth Symphony?

Answer 19

Ludwig van Beethoven.

Question 20

Franz Schubert is known for his compositions called _______.

Answer 20

[key learning term].

Question 21

What is Frederic Chopin renowned for?

Answer 21

Piano compositions that emphasized emotion and virtuosity.

Question 22

Which composer created Symphonie Fantastique?

Answer 22

Hector Berlioz.

Question 23

Richard Wagner is known for which operatic works?

Answer 23

The Ring Cycle and Tristan und Isolde.

Question 24

What is Nationalism in Music?

Answer 24

A movement where composers incorporated folk melodies and themes from their native lands.

Question 25

What defines Romantic Ballet?

Answer 25

Emphasizes expressiveness and ethereal themes.

Question 26

Who is Henry David Thoreau?

Answer 26

An American transcendentalist writer known for *Walden*.

Question 27

What did Ralph Waldo Emerson emphasize in his philosophy?

Answer 27

Self-reliance and the connection between humans and nature.

Question 28

Edgar Allan Poe is known for which types of stories?

Answer 28

Macabre stories and poems like *The Raven*.

Question 29

Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote which notable work?

Answer 29

*The Scarlet Letter*.

Question 30

What is Herman Melville's famous novel?

Answer 30

*Moby-Dick*.

Question 31

What is Walt Whitman known for?

Answer 31

*Leaves of Grass*.

Question 32

What does the Hudson River School represent?

Answer 32

A group of American Romantic painters known for grand landscapes.

Question 33

Define Romantic Orientalism.

Answer 33

A fascination with Eastern cultures in Western Romantic literature and art.

Question 34

What is Exoticism in the context of Romanticism?

Answer 34

A tendency to idealize foreign lands and cultures.

Question 35

How did Romanticism influence Japan?

Answer 35

Blending traditional themes with new emotional depth.

Question 36

What major economic shift did Romantic artists often react against?

Answer 36

The Industrial Revolution.

Question 37

True or False: Romanticism emphasized emotion and imagination.

Answer 37

True.

Question 38

What is the main difference between Romanticism and Realism?

Answer 38

Romanticism focused on emotion and imagination, while Realism focused on everyday life and accuracy.

Question 39

Who is Gustave Courbet?

Answer 39

A leading Realist painter who rejected Romantic idealism.

Question 40

Honoré de Balzac is known for which literary work?

Answer 40

*La Comédie Humaine*.

Question 41

Charles Dickens highlighted what themes in his works?

Answer 41

Social injustices.

Question 42

Leo Tolstoy wrote which famous novels?

Answer 42

*War and Peace* and *Anna Karenina*.

Question 43

Fyodor Dostoevsky is known for which psychological novel?

Answer 43

*Crime and Punishment*.

Question 44

What legacy did Romanticism leave on later artistic movements?

Answer 44

Influenced movements like Symbolism and Modernism.

Question 45

What characterizes Realism as a literary and artistic movement?

Answer 45

Focus on everyday reality.