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The Romantic Period was preceded by what artistic era that prized logic and order?
The Baroque Period
The Renaissance
The Radical Period
The Classical Period
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Which of the following philosophical concepts was central to most Romantic pieces of art?
Asceticism
Moralism
Collectivism
Individualism
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What musician known for pieces like "Fur Elise" and "The Moonlight Sonata" helped bridge the gap between the Classical and Romantic periods of composition?
Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
J. S. Bach
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"The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Mermaid" are two famous fairy tales collected by what Romantic Danish author?
Michael Gordon
Hans Christian Anderson
Wilhelm Grimm
Victor Hugo
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Because of its emphasis on dramatic imagery and contrast, the Romantic Period was largely similar to what other artistic era that occurred in between the Renaissance and the Classical Period?
The Enlightenment Period
The Modernist Period
The Raphaelite Period
The Baroque Period
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The Romantic Period was partially a response to what period of time where factories and textile manufacturing became centerpieces of western economies?
The Industrial Revolution
The Reconquista
Perestroika
The Hundred Days
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William Wordsworth was a poet who helped kickstart the Romantic Period in what country which he was a native of?
France
Great Britain
The U.S.A.
The Netherlands
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What is the name of this definitive Romantic Period artwork painted by Caspar David Friedrich?
Alight to Heaven
Who Are You to Join Me?
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog
I Sang to the Wind
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Lord Byron was the famous Romantic playwright of what play that introduced many audiences to a legendary fictional Spanish lothario?
Sir Parsival
Don Quixote
Sir Christopher
Don Juan
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What is the term for the Romantic philosophy that claimed artistic masterpieces are based on no physical subjects but rather internal inspiration and thought?
Praxa Finis
Ex nihilo
Sans spirios
Quo voxum
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Romanticism in America was visible in what artistic movement started by Ralph Waldo Emerson that centered on exploring the inherent spirituality found in nature and humanity?
The Existentialist Movement
The Impressionist Movement
The Transcendentalist Movement
The Cubist Movement
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Dramatic novels like Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame revived interest in what type of religious architecture during the Romantic Period?
Gothic architecture
Deist architecture
Sturman architecture
Gallatian architecture
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"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was a primary example of Romantic literature that drew from the past. What is the name of the poet who composed this piece?
William Fawkes
Samuel Coleridge
Alexander Pope
Rodger Dahl
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One of America's most important Romantic/Transcendentalist pieces of writing was what poem by Walt Whitman that was collected in his volume Leaves of Grass?
Voice of Spring
Song of Myself
Feel the Oats as You Pass Them By
He Whispers to You if You'll Listen
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What German composer was known for his mythology-inspired Romantic operas such as The Ring of the Nibelungs?
Jacob Manfroy
Joseph Haydn
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Richard Wagner
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Franz Liszt was a famous Romantic piano player from what country whose music he introduced to the wider world?
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Hungary
Greece
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote what tragic play about a man who makes a deal with a devil in exchange for greater knowledge?
Faust
Paradise Lost
The Bargain
The Divine Comedy
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American Romantic writer whose work often delved into the country's colonial days. What is the name of his famous tale regarding a woman who became a societal outcast for committing adultery?
Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God
The Crucible
The Scarlet Letter
Alone
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What is the name of this Romantic painting by the artist Eugene Delacroix?
Tomorrow Follows
The Dream of Italy
Last Day of Rome
The Death of Sardanapalus
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The Romantic Period was also a response to what period of political philosophy during the 1700s which prized logic as a critical element in improving humanity?
The Utopic Era
The Edwardian Period
The Reconquista
The Enlightenment
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Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote what Romantic epic reflecting on the reign and deeds of an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh?
Ozymandias
Scorpius
Hannibal
Carras
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What is the name of the Polish solo pianist whose compositions became quintessential entertaining pieces during the Romantic Period and beyond?
Frederic Chopin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Giuseppe Verdi
Camille Saint-Saens
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Some of Chopin's most famous piano pieces fell into what categorization which refers to dreary "nightlike" songs?
Branles
Waltzes
Boleros
Nocturnes
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The Sturm und Drang Movement foreshadowed the trappings of the Romantic Period. In what country did the Sturm and Drang Movement originate?
Italy
Germany
The U.K.
The U.S.A.
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What is the name of the English poet and painter responsible for creating art pieces that are known as the "Prophetic Works"?
Edward Voller
Alfred Lord Tennyson
William Blake
Lord Byron
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What necromantic work of fiction by Mary Shelley helped kickstart Gothic literature during the Romantic Period?
Frankenstein
Dracula
The Invisible Man
Carmilla
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Sir Walter Scott wrote what Romantic novel that united legends from the U.K.'s cultural history such as Robin Hood, the Black Knight, and King Richard the Lionheart?
Ivanhoe
The Great Bout
Don Quixote
Lord Sallenga
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What pair of German brothers released their collected fairy tales during the Romantic Period?
The Parker Brothers
The Rossington Brothers
The Wright Brothers
The Brothers Grimm
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What is the name of the famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe which recounted the tale of an avian creature who said "nevermore" in repetition?
The Crow
The Raven
The Owl
The Vulture
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What artistic era directly followed the Romantic Period and the horrors of World War One?
The Gjallarhorn Period
The Maderid Period
The Baltimore Period
The Modernist Period
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