Humanities 060 - People & Their World » Fall 2021 » Chapter 28 Quiz

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Question #1
The Romantic hero
A.   demonstrates the best of society’s traditions and morals.
B.   represents humanity at its best, is larger than life with extraordinary abilities and ambition and challenges society’s traditions.
C.   is concerned with love and romance only.
D.   none of the answers
Question #2
Napoleon is
A.   a real life representation of the Romantic Hero.
B.   is a delicious dessert created by Romanticists.
C.   is the first anti-christ as predicted by Nostradamus.
D.   none of the answers
Question #3
Prometheus is
A.   one of the devil’s many incarnations on earth
B.   a historical Greek hero who saved humanity
C.   a mythological figure believed to have given man the gift of fire.
D.   none of the answers
Question #4
Lord Byron is the prototype Romantic hero because
A.   he wrote a poem titled “Prometheus.”
B.   he was dedicated to pleasure of the senses, an impassioned supporter of democracy and individualism, a talented writer and fierce soldier.
C.   none of the answers
D.   he was Napoleon’s greatest soldier and most trusted friend
Question #5
Faust is a fictional character who
A.   desired to know all that can be known.
B.   yearned to experience all that a human could experience.
C.   made a deal with the devil.
D.   all of the answers
Question #6
In Goethe’s Play, Mephistopheles
A.   all of the answers
B.   makes a wager with God and a pact with Faust.
C.   is Faust’s source of damnation and redemption.
D.   is the devil and is part of God’s heavenly court.
Question #7
Romantics had a view of women that
A.   presented women in a traditional and idealized form that focused on physical beauty and sexual purity.
B.   presented women’s minds as more important than their bodies.
C.   none of the answers
D.   presented women as strong and independent of men.
Question #8
George Sand is
A.   none of the answers
B.   a Romantic author who wrote Wuthering Heights.
C.   a famous Romantic male writer.
D.   a female writer who dressed like a man.
Question #9
George Sand wrote
A.   none of the answers
B.   focused on reason and logic.
C.   about women who were passive, followed tradition and were trapped by their gender, although they desired to challenge tradition.
D.   about strong independent women.
Question #10
Romantics also presented women as
A.   femme fatales, women who were dangerous due to their beauty.
B.   sexually promiscuous people.
C.   none of the answers
D.   lower than beasts.

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