Which British philosopher of the Romantic era despised monarchies, believed that the best form of government was no government at all, and argued that change can only come from people treating each other with sincerity and benevolence ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which British philosopher believed that monarchs repressed citizens and that revolution is proper when a government does not protect its people ?

   A. Thomas Paine
   B. James Mackintosh
   C. Edmund Burke
   D. John Locke

2. The Jacobean era succeeds the ___________and precedes the Caroline era, and specifically denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of that period ?

   A. Elizabethan era
   B. English Reformation
   C. England
   D. Tudor period

3. 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

4. Which of the following charges were commonly leveled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era ?

   A. Too many of its readers were women.
   B. It required less skill than other genres.
   C. It lacked the classical pedigree of poetry and drama.
   D. all of the above

5. Which of the following charges were commonly levelled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era ?

   A. Too many of its readers were women.
   B. It required less skill than other genres.
   C. It lacked the classical pedigree of poetry and drama.
   D. all of the above

6. Which of the following periodical publications (reviews and magazines) first appeared in the Romantic era ?

   A. London Magazine
   B. The Spectator
   C. The Edinburgh Review
   D. a and c only

7. Who is known as an anti-romantic novelist in the Romantic Age ?

   A. Charles Lamb
   B. Jane Austen
   C. William Hazlitt
   D. Oliver Goldsmith

8. Thoreau believed that if a government was unjust, people need to resist the government. This is called_____________?

   A. Following orders.
   B. Resisting arrest.
   C. Civil disobedience.
   D. Mutiny.

9. Which Romantic poet would have believed that a poet needs influence from something external and transformative in order to write a strong poem ?

   A. William Blake
   B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   C. Lord Byron
   D. Percy Shelley

10. Wordsworth’s Preface to the Lyrical Ballads is believed to be the Preamble to Romantic Criticism. In which year was it published ?

    A. 1798
    B. 1800
    C. 1801
    D. 1802