Tests1
1. Romanticism mainly emphasized:
A) Logic and order
B) Tradition and rules
C) Emotion and imagination
D) Science and progress
C) Emotion and imagination ✅
Romanticism developed as a reaction against: A) Realism
B) Modernism
C) Neoclassicism
D) Victorianism
C) Neoclassicism ✅
1. Romanticism mainly developed in which period?
A) The Middle Ages
B) The Renaissance
C) The late 18th and early 19th centuries
D) The 20th century
C) The late 18th and early 19th centuries ✅
2. Romanticism was a reaction against:
A) Nature and imagination
B) The Enlightenment and industrialization
C) Religion
D) Education
B) The Enlightenment and industrialization ✅
3. Which idea is central to Romanticism?
A) Logic and reason
B) Rules and order
C) Emotion and individual experience
D) Scientific progress
C) Emotion and individual experience ✅
4. Romantic writers often focused on:
A) City life
B) Political laws
C) Nature and the sublime
D) Business and trade
C) Nature and the sublime ✅
5. Which emotion was especially valued by Romantic poets?
A) Indifference
B) Passion
C) Fear of change
D) Pride in society
B) Passion ✅
7. The “sublime” in Romanticism refers to:
A) Simple beauty
B) Everyday life
C) Overwhelming beauty and power of nature
D) Artificial art
C) Overwhelming beauty and power of nature ✅
8. Romantic heroes are usually portrayed as:
A) Obedient and calm
B) Independent and rebellious
C) Rich and famous
D) Weak and passive
B) Independent and rebellious ✅
12. Romanticism supported the idea that humans are:
A) Controlled by machines
B) Emotionless beings
C) Naturally good and creative
D) Only logical thinkers
C) Naturally good and creative ✅
14. Romanticism often idealized:
A) Childhood and innocence
B) Old age
C) War
D) Wealth
A) Childhood and innocence ✅
15. Nature in Romantic literature is often shown as:
A) Dangerous only
B) Mechanical
C) A source of inspiration and truth
D) Unimportant
C) A source of inspiration and truth ✅
16. Romantic writers believed poetry should:
A) Follow strict rules
B) Express personal feelings
C) Teach mathematics
D) Be written only for elites
B) Express personal feelings ✅
17. Which movement came before Romanticism?
A) Modernism
B) Enlightenment
C) Realism
D) Postmodernism
B) Enlightenment ✅
19. Romantic literature often shows conflict between:
A) Man and technology
B) Man and nature
C) Individual and society
D) Teacher and student
C) Individual and society ✅
21. Robert Burns was a national poet of:
A) England
B) Ireland
C) Scotland
D) Wales
C) Scotland ✅
22. Robert Burns mainly wrote in:
A) Latin
B) Standard English only
C) Scots dialect and English
D) French
C) Scots dialect and English ✅
24. Burns was strongly influenced by:
A) Industrial culture
B) Classical mythology
C) Folk traditions and songs
D) Scientific discoveries
C) Folk traditions and songs ✅
26. Robert Burns believed in:
A) Social hierarchy
B) Equality and human dignity
C) Absolute monarchy
D) Strict religious control
B) Equality and human dignity ✅
30. Robert Burns’s attitude toward nature was:
A) Indifferent
B) Fearful
C) Loving and respectful
D) Critical
C) Loving and respectful ✅
31. Burns is sometimes called:
A) The Lake Poet
B) The Bard of Scotland
C) The Father of Drama
D) The Gothic Poet
B) The Bard of Scotland ✅
33. Burns’s poetry often criticizes:
A) Nature
B) Love
C) Social injustice and hypocrisy
D) Friendship
C) Social injustice and hypocrisy ✅
35. Burns’s writing style is best described as:
A) Complex and formal
B) Cold and academic
C) Simple, emotional, and musical
D) Technical
C) Simple, emotional, and musical ✅
40. Robert Burns’s legacy is important because he:
A) Rejected Romanticism
B) Ignored common people
C) Gave a voice to ordinary human feelings
D) Focused only on politics
C) Gave a voice to ordinary human feelings ✅
39. Burns’s use of Scots language helped to:
A) Limit his audience
B) Preserve Scottish culture
C) Make poetry difficult
D) Avoid emotions
B) Preserve Scottish culture ✅