Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years ?
A. Republicans
B. Liberals
C. Radicals
D. both B and C
Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto initiated which literary tradition ?
Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto initiated which literary tradition ?
A. Hunnish epic
B. Gothic fiction
C. epistolary novel
D. meta-novel
Which of the following factors did not contribute to the growth of the reading public in this period ?
Which of the following factors did not contribute to the growth of the reading public in this period ?
A. The notoriety of the Lake School
B. Technological developments, such as the steam-driven printing press
C. Innovations in retailing, such as the cut-price sale of remaindered books
D. Increased literacy, thanks in large part to Sunday schools
What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to ’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and ’Wagons’! ?
What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to ’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and ’Wagons’! ?
A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden
B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare’s plots
C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge
D. Wordsworth’s devotion to the ordinary and everyday
Who applied the term Romanticto the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830 ?
Who applied the term Romanticto the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830 ?
A. Wordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien r´gime, especially satire
B. English historians half a century after the period ended
C. The Satanic Schoolof Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers
D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770)
Which of the following plays was actually performed on stage ?
Which of the following plays was actually performed on stage ?
A. Byron’s Manfred
B. Coleridge’s Remorse
C. Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound
D. Shelley’s The Cenci
Which of the following is a typically Romantic poetic form ?
Which of the following is a typically Romantic poetic form ?
A. the fractal
B. the figment
C. the fragment
D. the aubade
According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by legitimate drama ?
According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by legitimate drama ?
A. The dramaturge and playwright had to be related.
B. All of the actors were male.
C. All of the actors were British.
D. The play was spoken.
Which of the following was a typically Romantic means of achieving visionary states?
Which of the following was a typically Romantic means of achieving visionary states?
A. opium
B. dreams
C. childhood
D. A, B and c
Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical Ballads of 1798 ?
Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical Ballads of 1798 ?
A. Mary Wollstonecraft and William Blake
B. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt