A. Wordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien régime, especially satire
B. English historians half a century after the period ended
C. “The Satanic School” of Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers
D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770)
Related Mcqs:
- Who applied the term \Romantic\to 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 School\of Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers
D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770) - Which Romantic writer(s) wrote in more than one of these popular literary forms: essay, novel, drama, poetry ?
A. Percy Bysshe Shelley
B. William Wordsworth
C. George Gordon, Lord Byron
D. all of the above - Which of the following would not have been an appropriate protagonist for a Romantic literary text ?
A. a French revolutionary
B. a Greek or Roman mythological figure
C. a monster fabricated in a laboratory
D. All would have been appropriate protagonists for a Romantic literary text. - Who is known as an anti-romantic novelist in the Romantic Age ?
A. Charles Lamb
B. Jane Austen
C. William Hazlitt
D. Oliver Goldsmith - Which of the following descriptions would not have applied to any Romantic text ?
A. a spiritual autobiography written in an epic style
B. a lyric poem written in the first person
C. a comedy of manners
D. a political tract demanding labor reform - Which Romantic poet would be the least likely to write a piece of literary criticism ?
A. Lord Byron
B. Percy Shelley
C. William Hazlitt
D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge - In Shakespeare’s literary output, the period 1604-1608 is the period of__________________?
A. Comedy plays
B. Historical plays
C. Great Tragedies
D. None of above - Who in the Romantic period developed a new novelistic language for the workings of the mind in flux ?
A. Maria Edgeworth
B. Sir Walter Scott
C. Thomas De Quincey
D. Jane Austen - Which sorts of political reform took place during the Romantic period ?
A. Parliamentary reform, increasing representation of the working classes
B. Labor reform, improving working conditions for industrial laborers
C. Educational reform, producing a dramatic increase in literacy
D. A and C only - Some critics of literary theory argue that literary theory is problematic for which reason ?
A. Literary theory tends to be too political.
B. Literary theory does not offer a holistic interpretation of a text.
C. Literary theory depends on specialized knowledge that is outside the realm of literary studies.
D. All of the above answers are correct.
