English 11 Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Unit Introduction 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- UI 1
The Romantic movement originated in the second half of the 18th Century in - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Germany
American Romanticism is associated with all of the following EXCEPT - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- belief in the superiority of rationalism
A theme of American Romanticism generally missing in European Romanticism is an interest
in - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the wilderness
Which sentence states an opinion held by American Romantic writers? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Cities are centers of corruption and ugliness
American Romantic writers rejected rationalism because they believed that - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- scientific reasoning discouraged and overlooked intuition and spontaneity
The journey in American Romantic literature can best be characterized as - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- leaving civilization and entering the world of nature to recover a simpler way
of life
What famous American figure is often considered to be the anti-Romantic - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Ben Franklin
Who created the prototypical American Romantic character - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
James Fenimore Cooper
The typical American Romantic hero was all of the following EXCEPT - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- determined to conquer and subdue the natural world
, American Romantic writers believed that poetry was a(n) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- great
witness to the power of imagination
As literary models, american romantic poets used - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- poems by
established European Romantics
The American Fireside Poets are best known for their - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
comfortable subjects appealing to families
Through Gothic novels, romantic writers explored - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mysteries
linked to the subconscious mind
Unlike European Romantic novelists, American Romantic novelists were particularly inspired
by - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- wilderness and the westward expansion
According to American Romantic writers, eternal truths can best be found in - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- the American wilderness
The Chambered Nautilus & Old Ironsides - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- TCN & OI
The author of "The Chambered Nautilus" and "Old Ironsides" is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Oliver Wendell Holmes
He spent most of his life as a(n) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- doctor
In "The Chambered Nautilus", the speaker implies that if he hadn't meditated on the nautilus,
his life might have resembled - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a series of endless corridors
leading nowhere
What happens to the shell in "The Chambered Nautilus"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- It is
broken and empty
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Unit Introduction 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- UI 1
The Romantic movement originated in the second half of the 18th Century in - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Germany
American Romanticism is associated with all of the following EXCEPT - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- belief in the superiority of rationalism
A theme of American Romanticism generally missing in European Romanticism is an interest
in - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the wilderness
Which sentence states an opinion held by American Romantic writers? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Cities are centers of corruption and ugliness
American Romantic writers rejected rationalism because they believed that - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- scientific reasoning discouraged and overlooked intuition and spontaneity
The journey in American Romantic literature can best be characterized as - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- leaving civilization and entering the world of nature to recover a simpler way
of life
What famous American figure is often considered to be the anti-Romantic - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Ben Franklin
Who created the prototypical American Romantic character - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
James Fenimore Cooper
The typical American Romantic hero was all of the following EXCEPT - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- determined to conquer and subdue the natural world
, American Romantic writers believed that poetry was a(n) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- great
witness to the power of imagination
As literary models, american romantic poets used - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- poems by
established European Romantics
The American Fireside Poets are best known for their - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
comfortable subjects appealing to families
Through Gothic novels, romantic writers explored - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mysteries
linked to the subconscious mind
Unlike European Romantic novelists, American Romantic novelists were particularly inspired
by - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- wilderness and the westward expansion
According to American Romantic writers, eternal truths can best be found in - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- the American wilderness
The Chambered Nautilus & Old Ironsides - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- TCN & OI
The author of "The Chambered Nautilus" and "Old Ironsides" is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Oliver Wendell Holmes
He spent most of his life as a(n) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- doctor
In "The Chambered Nautilus", the speaker implies that if he hadn't meditated on the nautilus,
his life might have resembled - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a series of endless corridors
leading nowhere
What happens to the shell in "The Chambered Nautilus"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- It is
broken and empty
