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

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

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