American Romanticism: But is it American Romanticism? Identifying Quotes Quiz
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around American Romanticism? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. From which poem are the lines, "Gay little heart!/ Like morning glory/ Thou'll wilted be; thou'll wilted be!" taken?
"Poor Little Heart"
"The Sound of the Sea"
"I Hear America Singing"
Leaves of Grass
Q. In which novel does the narrator state, "[O]f all these things the Albino whale was the symbol"?
The Scarlet Letter
The Marble Faun
Moby-Dick
Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative)
Q. Which poem begins with the line, "Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling"?
"The Sound of the Sea"
"Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun"
"Slavery in Massachusetts"
"Self-Reliance"
Q. In which work does the author state, "If I were seriously to propose to Congress to make mankind into sausages, I have no doubt that most of the members would smile at my proposition"?
"Self-Reliance"
Essays: Second Series
"Nature"
"Slavery in Massachusetts"
Q. Which book begins, "Much was said and written, at the time, concerning the policy of adding the vast regions of Louisiana, to the already immense and but half-tenanted territories of the United States"?
Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative)
Moby-Dick
The House of the Seven Gables
The Prairie