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

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

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