A. Romantic literary criticism has been stubbornly limited with regard to queer readings.
B. Deviant sexuality, including homosexuality, has historically been associated with Romantic literature.
C. The sexual lives of Romantic-era authors are not relevant to our understanding of queer Romanticism.
D. The “Queer Gothic” is understudied.
Related Mcqs:
- Why do scholars consider the first wave of the English Gothic novel an aspect of Romanticism ?
A. The use of poetic prose in the Gothic novel
B. The Gothic novel’s interest in the apocalyptic prophecies found in Hebrew and Christian Scriptures
C. The ascendency of human reason in the Gothic novel
D. The representation of contemporary life in the Gothic novel - How do theorists suggest that the Gothic novel resembles queer and camp ?
A. The body is represented in abnormal ways.
B. Women’s issues are interrogated.
C. Gender issues are often overlooked.
D. Many protagonists’ mothers are absent. - dominated English literature from the Restoration until the end of the 18th century with the emergence of Romanticism ?
A. Medievalism
B. Modernism
C. Victorianism
D. Neoclassicism - Which of the following is a true statement about Romanticism ?
A. Interest in the common man
B. Celebration of the individual
C. Age of reason
D. Both A and B - Who used the words “romanticism” and “romantic” first ?
A. Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
C. Carlyle
D. Schlegel - Complete the following sentence. Tennyson’s In Memoriam and Browning’s dramatic monologues can best be seen as combining neoclassicism with romanticism through their ?
A. neoclassical emphasis on traditional form and romantic subjectivism.
B. romantic rejection of science and neoclassical use of mythology.
C. romantic emphasis on personal feelings combined with a neoclassical focus on social context.
D. romantic critique of industrialization and neoclassical use of satire. - Which of the following statements best characterizes Romanticism’s relationship to the Enlightenment ?
A. Romanticism continued the Enlightenment’s focus on a universal order best apprehended through reason.
B. Romanticism challenged the Enlightenment’s emphasis on objectivity as the basis of truth.
C. Romanticism largely abandoned the
Enlightenment’s hope in progressive political change.
D. Unlike the Enlightenment, Romanticism deemed the natural world unimportant - Victor Frankenstein’s project to create life in Mary Shelley’s novel can be linked to romanticism through which of the following ?
A. His Promethean striving to exceed human limitations as explored by Byron and Percy Shelley
B. Its suggestion that the natural order has laws beyond human control
C. His desire to create a political revolution
D. Both A and B - Romanticism is mainly connected with______________?
A. excitement and sensation
B. love and beauty
C. job and tiredness
D. expectation and depression - Why do most scholars assume that Radcliffe favored “explained supernaturalism” ?
A. Her sense of morality and decorum
B. Her defiance of contemporary culture
C. Her lack of imagination
D. Her full embrace of the Gothic vision of Walpole, Beckford, and Lewis
