1. Romanticism Unit Test Review A review game to prepare for the test

2. Romantic writers embraced nature and distrusted which environment? The City

3. Describe Tom Walker. Miserly, greedy, fearless, heartless

4. Romanticism is ultimately a literary movement and artistic movement that is a reaction against what other literary movement? Rationalism, The Age of Reason

5. The woods in “The Devil and Tom Walker” is supposed to represent… Evil

6. In “The Devil and Tom Walker,” what symbolizes hidden greed and hypocrisy? The rotten trees in the forest

7. Why is dark romanticism different from romanticism? Dark romantic writers write about the darker aspects of human nature.

8. Before he reveals it, how can the audience tell that Tom is talking to the Devil? He is described as having red eyes, strange clothes, black bristly hair

9. Describe Mrs. Walker Miserly, greedy, fearless

10. What do the names on the trees in the forest indicate? Others within the town who have a made a deal with the devil.

11. Why does Tom not sign a deal with the Devil initially? He wants to think it over, and he wants to spite his wife

12. What is a likely theme for “The Devil and Tom Walker”? Greed and mean-spiritedness lead to misery

13. Irving uses indirect characterization by having Tom enter the forest to show he is… Fearless, unlike the superstitious community

14. What is Tom’s major motivation for signing his deal with the Devil? Greed

15. What is a likely theme for “Thanatopsis” Humans beings are an ongoing part of the earth itself.

16. According to the speaker of “Thanatopsis,” what happens after death? Humans become a part of the earth

17. According to the speaker of “Thanatopsis,” what should people do when they start to think about death? Go out into nature

18. The title “Thanatopsis” means… Death view or view of death

19. Why is “Thanatopsis” an example of Romantic poetry? Nature awakens emotions and insights in the speaker

20. What is the term for poetic device where the poet switches the typical word order? Inversion

21. In “The Cross of Snow,” what does the speaker compare his loved to? A martyr

22. What is the cycle of life according to “Thanatopsis”? The dead are replaced by the living, who then die

23. What is the cross that the speaker has to bear in the poem “Cross of Snow”? His constant pain over his lost loved one

24. What is the mood of “Cross of Snow”? Grieving

25. In “Cross of Snow,” the images of the halo, fire, and sunlight are contrasted with… The sunless ravine

26. What type of poem is “Cross of Snow”? An Italian Sonnet

27. The first three stanzas of “She Came and Went” are examples of what literary device? i.e. “As twig trembles which a bird lights on to sing then leaves unbent” Similes

28. How is the female subject of the poem remembered in “Cross of Snow”? Fondly and they are missed

29. What is a likely theme for “Annabel Lee”? Love can bring intense sorrow as well as joy

30. What is a possible theme for “The Raven”? The intense grief that accompanies the loss of a loved one can lead an individual to lose their grasp on reality.

31. What is the tone of “She Came and Went”? Depressed

32. “Annabel Lee” most likely expresses Poe’s grief over… His wife’s death

33. Who does the speaker in “Annabel Lee” blame for the death of his loved one? Envious angels

34. What is rhyme scheme? The pattern of end rhyme in a poem

35. What is a word that describes the tone of “Annabel Lee”? tortured

36. What is a word that describes the tone of the narrator in “The Raven”? Disturbed

37. What literary device is being used the following line: “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing” Internal rhyme

38. What is alliteration? Repetition of an initial consonant sound

39. Why does the raven in “The Raven” probably only repeat the word “nevermore”? It is the only word it knows

40. Why is Lenore “nameless here for evermore”? She is dead and has no earthly name

41. What is the mood of “The Fall of the House of Usher”? melancholy

42. The narrator of “The Fall of the House of Usher” tried to portray himself as more what than Usher”? rational

43. What is the “remarkable fact” concerning the Usher family? They are in a direct line if descent

44. What is a central theme of “The Fall of the House of Usher”? A person cut off from the world can fall prey to irrational fears and mental illness

45. What is the name of Roderick Usher’s sister? Madeline

46. What is the single effect created for the reader of “The Fall of the House of Usher”? terror

47. What detail early the “The Fall of the House of Usher” foreshadows the story’s ending? The crack or fissure in the house

48. What is the point of view of “The Fall of the House of Usher”? 1 st person

49. What is the “fiend intemperance” that the narrator of “The Black Cat” struggles with? alcoholism

50. What is the likely climax of “The Black Cat”? When the cat cries behind the wall

51. The second cat in “The Black Cat” is most likely a symbol for…? The narrator’s guilt

52. The narrator of “The Black Cat” is telling his story from…? Prison

53. What happened to Edgar Allan Poe’s wife? She died from tuberculosis

54. What happened to Edgar Allan Poe’s mother? She dies from tuberculosis

55. What happened to Edgar Allan Poe’s father? He was an alcoholic that abandoned the family

56. Why was Poe’s marriage controversial? He married his 13 year old cousin

57. Why were the fireside poets given that name? Families would sit around the fire and read their works to each other

58. What literary device does Poe seem to use most in his short stories? Imagery

59. What literary devices does Poe seem to use most in his poems? Sound devices

60. What is an allusion? A reference to another work of literature, a famous historical event, or a famous historical person

61. Define mood The atmosphere created for the reader by the author.

62. Why is the narrator’s crime discovered in “The Black Cat”? He raps his cane against the wall of the “tomb” where he placed his wife, and the cat lets out a scream

63. Define tone The attitude of the author towards the subject and characters.

64. Name and label a conflict from the “The Black Cat.” Answers will vary

65. What does the narrator see in the remains of his house after it has been destroyed by fire? A lone wall still standing with the silhouette or image of a hung cat

66. During what century did American Romanticism take place? 19 th century

67. What is personification? Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

68. Name an allusion from “The Raven.” Pluto, Aidenn, Pallas Athena

69. American Romantic writers thoughts that logic and reason were inferior, or less valuable, than what? Imagination, feelings, emotions, spontaneity, nature