U8 L1 Romantic Revolution

Question 1

Between which years did the Romantic revolution occur in England?

Answer 1

1798- 1837

Question 2

Romanticism was a reaction/revolution against what?

Answer 2

18th cent Neoclassical emphasis on reason and rules

Question 3

Is Romanticism difficult to define exactly?

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

Was the Victorian Age of England a period of continuing change?

Answer 4

yes

Question 5

What are the characteristics of Romanticism?

Answer 5

• individualism
• imagination
• emotion
• nature
• mystery
• melancholy
• simplicity

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Question 6

What is an impetus?

Answer 6

driving force

Question 7

What is franchise?

Answer 7

right to vote

Question 8

What was one of the greatest political impetuses for the Romantic Revolution?

Answer 8

French Revoution

Question 9

The French Resolution was a revolt of who?

Answer 9

common people/peasants against aristocrats

Question 10

Did the Romantic poets support those in the French Revolution?

Answer 10

yes

Question 11

England stopped supporting the French Revolution when what happened?

Answer 11

became violent

Question 12

The Romantics regarded the American Revolution as what?

Answer 12

justified because of its outcome

Question 13

What was a contribution the French Rev gave to English thought?

Answer 13

desire for equality

Question 14

What were the advantages of the Industrial Rev?

Answer 14

• more leisure time
• education opportunities
• rural poor found jobs
• goods more available

Question 15

What were the disadvantages of Industrial Rev?

Answer 15

• long, poor working conditions
• low wages
• living conditions no better than working
• middle class insignificant

Question 16

In the Industrial Rev, the right to vote was only for who?

Answer 16

landowners

Question 17

In the Industrial Rev, the right to vote was not given to who?

Answer 17

• working class
• merchants
• tradesmen

Question 18

What types of reforms did England implement to prevent a violent rev?

Answer 18

• labor
• social
• education

Question 19

What did the first Reform Bill in 1832 do?

Answer 19

gave franchise to middle class

Question 20

Was Romanticism more a state of mind than a literary movement?

Answer 20

yes

Question 21

What was the Neoclassical belief that a person’s value was determined by?

Answer 21

• social status

- wealth

Question 22

Neoclassical emphasis on reason left little room for what?

Answer 22

feeling and imagination

Question 23

What does imagination refer to?

Answer 23

total working of mind

Question 24

Imagination is the opposite of what?

Answer 24

reason

Question 25

Imagination is a comprehension gained by what?

Answer 25

meditation

Question 26

How did Romantics view nature?

Answer 26

- appreciate physical beauty - belonged to spirit realm - source of comfort - revealed God/pantheism

Question 27

How did Neoclassicists view nature?

Answer 27

well functioning machine

Question 28

How did Romantics view simplicity?

Answer 28

interested in untamed nature

Question 29

How did Neoclassicists view simplicity?

Answer 29

well-planned

Question 30

Which places did Neoclassicists look to for inspiration and ideal models?

Answer 30

ancient Greece and Rome

Question 31

What time period was a popular subject of the Romantic movement?

Answer 31

Medieval

Question 32

What characteristic did Neoclassicists imitate from Greek architecture?

Answer 32

symmetry

Question 33

Why were Romantics distressed by the belief that life was brief?

Answer 33

no time to realize ideals and fulfill dreams

Question 34

The ballad gained renewed interest in what?

Answer 34

Romantic rev