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Romanticism Test Review
Romanticism Notes
1. What are Utopian communities?
2. When approached with a situation or a problem, what would a Rationalist do to solve the problem?
3. Would a Romantic writer prefer living in the urban or rural area? Why?
4. When approached with a situation or a problem, what would a Romantic do to solve the problem?
5. Why did American Romantic writers reject Rationalism (Age of Reason)?
6. What concepts did we discuss in class that are NOT characteristics of the Romantic period?
7. What was the American Renaissance?
8. What did American Romantic writers believe that poetry was?
Author Biographies
8. Which author wrote a series of novels that became known as his Leatherstocking Tales? _____________________
10. Which author was self-educated?_____________________________________________________________
11. Which author projected a Romantic poet image to the American public?_______________________________
12. Which author’s first book published was Leaves of Grass?___________________________________________
13. During the Civil War, which author tended to the wounded in the hospital?____________________________
14. Which author wrote the story “Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle”?________________________________
15. Which author wrote about a character called Natty Bumpo—America’s first literary hero?_________________
Romantic Paintings (The paintings are on the online classroom.)
16. Which characteristic of Romanticism does the painting The View from Mt. Holyoke by Thomas Cole show the
BEST?
17. Which characteristic of Romanticism does the painting The Voyage of Life Youth by Thomas Cole show the
BEST?
18. Which characteristic of Romanticism does the painting Kauterskill Clove by Sanford Robinson Gifford show the
BEST?
Last of the Mohicans
19. What act of kindness does Hawkeye do for Duncan after the Huron’s release him and Cora?
20. Why is this movie called The Last of the Mohicans?
21. What war was the backdrop or setting for this movie?
22. What happens to Alice?
23. Why was Hawkeye arrested at Fort William Henry?
24. Which character is called “the gray-haired one”?
25. Who kills the Native American that hated the “gray-haired man”?
26. Which character wants revenge on “the gray-haired one’s” family?
27. What happens to Uncas?
28. When Hawkeye encounters those slaughtered on the farm, why does he refuse to bury them?
29. Consider the part in the movie where the Mohicans shoot the deer. They give thanks and pray to the deer. This
scene BEST shows which characteristic of Romanticism?
30. Consider the part in the movie where Hawkeye is running endless through the woods after the deer. He never
seems to be out of breath and he shows amazing agility because he never trips over obstacles in the forest. This
scene BEST shows which characteristic of the Romantic hero?
31. Consider the scene where Duncan asks Hawkeye why he is not a part of the local militia. Hawkeye responds
they will do what he wants to do. This BEST shows which characteristic of the Romantic hero?
“The Devil and Tom Walker”
32. Explain why this story fits the following characteristic of Romanticism: finds inspiration in myth, legend, and
folk culture.
33. Based on details described in the story, after Tom makes his deal with Old Scratch, the reader can infer that his
name is most probably recorded where?
34. What theme topic BEST fits this story?
35. What is a theme that best fits that theme topic (from #34)?
36. What condition of Tom’s deal with Old Scratch is not explicitly stated in the story? The reader must infer this.
37. Describe the relationship between Tom Walker and his wife. Try to make a comparison to help you describe it.
38. What does Tom carry with him so Old Scratch cannot take him by surprise?
39. What theory does the narrator give that explains why Tom’s wife disappears in the story?
40. Why is Tom not afraid of the old fort or Old Scratch?
Walt Whitman Poems
41. Which Whitman poem is an extended metaphor for Abraham Lincoln casting him as a fallen hero lying in
ceremonial state?
42. What is the tone of each of the five stanzas Whitman describes in “Song of Myself #10”?
43. In “I Sit and Look Out”, what did the speaker do about all of the horrible things he noticed in America?
44. In what style did Whitman write?
45. Why do you think the speaker from “I Sit and Look Out” is silent?