Romanticism quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which movement did Romantic literature react against?

   Answer: The Enlightenment

   Why: Wordsworth and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads, 1798, opened English Romanticism; the 1800 preface called poetry the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.

2. 2 Medium

   Who is the male protagonist of Wuthering Heights?

   Answer: Heathcliff

   Why: The story reaches us third hand, told by a housekeeper to a lodger who then writes it down.

3. 3 Hard

   What mysterious woman appears to Christabel in Coleridge's unfinished poem?

   Answer: Geraldine

   Why: Coleridge left it unfinished after two parts, and readers have argued ever since about what exactly the visitor is.

4. 4 Easy

   What color is the letter "A" in Hawthorne's novel?

   Answer: scarlet

   Why: The letter changes meaning as the book goes on, until the townsfolk decide it stands for able instead.

5. 5 Medium

   For how many years does Rip Van Winkle sleep?

   Answer: twenty

   Why: He wakes to find the king's portrait on the inn sign replaced by a general, and a revolution he slept straight through.

6. 6 Hard

   What color jacket did young Werther wear in Goethe's novel?

   Answer: blue

   Why: Young men across Europe copied the outfit, and the book was banned in places for the wave of imitation it was blamed for.