Romantic Race and Ethnicity

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Which Romantic poet was known for his abolitionist views and his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"?

  1. William Wordsworth

  2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  3. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  4. Langston Hughes


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright who was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He was known for his abolitionist views and his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", which celebrates the resilience and strength of African Americans.

Which Romantic writer was known for his novel "Atala", which features a tragic love story between a Native American woman and a French soldier?

  1. François-René de Chateaubriand

  2. Victor Hugo

  3. Alexandre Dumas

  4. Honoré de Balzac


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

François-René de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, and diplomat who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his novel "Atala", which features a tragic love story between a Native American woman and a French soldier.

Which Romantic poet was known for his poem "The Curse of Kehama", which features a Hindu setting and characters?

  1. Robert Southey

  2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  3. William Wordsworth

  4. Percy Bysshe Shelley


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Robert Southey was an English poet, historian, and biographer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "The Curse of Kehama", which features a Hindu setting and characters.

Which Romantic writer was known for his novel "The Last of the Mohicans", which features a Native American protagonist named Chingachgook?

  1. James Fenimore Cooper

  2. Washington Irving

  3. Nathaniel Hawthorne

  4. Herman Melville


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

James Fenimore Cooper was an American writer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his novel "The Last of the Mohicans", which features a Native American protagonist named Chingachgook.

Which Romantic poet was known for his poem "The Revolt of Islam", which features a biracial protagonist named Laon?

  1. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  2. William Wordsworth

  3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English poet who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "The Revolt of Islam", which features a biracial protagonist named Laon.

Which Romantic writer was known for his novel "The Marble Faun", which features an American sculptor named Donatello who falls in love with a young Italian woman named Miriam?

  1. Nathaniel Hawthorne

  2. Herman Melville

  3. Henry James

  4. Edith Wharton


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his novel "The Marble Faun", which features an American sculptor named Donatello who falls in love with a young Italian woman named Miriam.

Which Romantic poet was known for his poem "The Song of Hiawatha", which features a Native American protagonist named Hiawatha?

  1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  2. John Greenleaf Whittier

  3. Oliver Wendell Holmes

  4. James Russell Lowell


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "The Song of Hiawatha", which features a Native American protagonist named Hiawatha.

Which Romantic writer was known for his novel "Moby-Dick", which features a whaling ship captain named Ahab who is obsessed with hunting down a white whale named Moby-Dick?

  1. Herman Melville

  2. Nathaniel Hawthorne

  3. James Fenimore Cooper

  4. Washington Irving


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Herman Melville was an American writer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his novel "Moby-Dick", which features a whaling ship captain named Ahab who is obsessed with hunting down a white whale named Moby-Dick.

Which Romantic poet was known for his poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", which features a sailor who is cursed to wander the earth and tell his tale of woe?

  1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  2. William Wordsworth

  3. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", which features a sailor who is cursed to wander the earth and tell his tale of woe.

Which Romantic writer was known for his novel "Frankenstein", which features a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster?

  1. Mary Shelley

  2. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  3. Lord Byron

  4. John William Polidori


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mary Shelley was an English writer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. She was known for her novel "Frankenstein", which features a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster.

Which Romantic poet was known for his poem "Kubla Khan", which features a vision of a pleasure dome in Xanadu?

  1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  2. William Wordsworth

  3. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "Kubla Khan", which features a vision of a pleasure dome in Xanadu.

Which Romantic writer was known for his novel "The Scarlet Letter", which features a young woman named Hester Prynne who is forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" on her chest as a punishment for adultery?

  1. Nathaniel Hawthorne

  2. Herman Melville

  3. Henry James

  4. Edith Wharton


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his novel "The Scarlet Letter", which features a young woman named Hester Prynne who is forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" on her chest as a punishment for adultery.

Which Romantic poet was known for his poem "Ode to a Nightingale", which celebrates the beauty of a nightingale's song?

  1. John Keats

  2. William Wordsworth

  3. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

John Keats was an English poet who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "Ode to a Nightingale", which celebrates the beauty of a nightingale's song.

Which Romantic writer was known for his novel "Wuthering Heights", which features a passionate and destructive love story between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw?

  1. Emily Brontë

  2. Charlotte Brontë

  3. Anne Brontë

  4. Branwell Brontë


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Emily Brontë was an English writer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. She was known for her novel "Wuthering Heights", which features a passionate and destructive love story between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.

Which Romantic poet was known for his poem "Ode to Psyche", which celebrates the beauty and power of love?

  1. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  2. William Wordsworth

  3. John Keats

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English poet who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "Ode to Psyche", which celebrates the beauty and power of love.

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