Who wrote: “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall / looking as if she were alive.” ?
A. Lord Byron
B. Oscar Wilde
C. Robert Browning
D. William Wordsworth
Restoration and 18th Century
What are the names of the two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet ?
What are the names of the two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet ?
A. Capulet And Montague
B. Breslow and Felsher
C. Fuech and Goodside
D. Dawson and Hurley
In which county was Jane Austin born ?
In which county was Jane Austin born ?
A. Sussex
B. Hampshire
C. Yorkshire
D. Norfolk
Which sorts of political reform took place during the Romantic period ?
Which sorts of political reform took place during the Romantic period ?
A. Parliamentary reform, increasing representation of the working classes
B. Labor reform, improving working conditions for industrial laborers
C. Educational reform, producing a dramatic increase in literacy
D. A and C only
Who wrote: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” ?
Who wrote: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” ?
A. John Keats
B. William Shakespeare
C. Samuel Butler
D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What served as the inspiration for P.B Shelley’s poems to the working classes ?
What served as the inspiration for P.B Shelley’s poems to the working classes ?
A Song: “Men of England” and England in 1819?
A. the organization of a working class men’s choral group in Southern England
B. the Battle of Waterloo
C. the Peterloo Massacre
D. the storming of the Bastille
Which of the following periodical publications (reviews and magazines) appeared in the Romantic era ?
Which of the following periodical publications (reviews and magazines) appeared in the Romantic era ?
A. London Magazine
B. The Spectator
C. The Edinburgh Review
D. A and C only
His “To Penthurst” is considered to be one of the primary texts of the neoclassical movement ?
His “To Penthurst” is considered to be one of the primary texts of the neoclassical movement ?
A. Sir John Denham
B. Ben Jonson
C. Thomas Carew
D. John Dryden
What is the term we now use for what the Romantics called “mesmerism,” one of the “occult” practices that allowed people to explore altered states of consciousness ?
What is the term we now use for what the Romantics called “mesmerism,” one of the “occult” practices that allowed people to explore altered states of consciousness ?
A. smoking opium
B. hypnotism
C. psychoanalysis
D. dream interpretation
Wordsworth described all good poetry as_______________?
Wordsworth described all good poetry as_______________?
A. the rhythmic expression of moral intuition
B. the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
C. the polite patter of a corrupted age
D. the divine gift of grace