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Part I: Age of Reason Characteristics

Which of these statements describe the Age of Reason?

  • It is against rationality.

  • Deism. God creates things and leaves.

  • God makes people emotional beings, not best ruled by rationality.

  • People are basically good.

  • People arrive at truth by relying on the authority of their mind.

  • The Bible is used as a model for good writing.

Part II: Tenets of Romanticism True/False

Which of these statements describes romanticism?

  • Romanticism spanned the time period 1750 to 1850.

  • Romanticism was a reaction to the Age of Reason.

  • Romanticists preferred life in nature, the country.

  • Romanticists relied on the authority of the emotions and the present.

  • Romanticists valued reason over feeling and intuition.

  • The Romanticists stressed the utilitarian good of society over the freedom of the individual.

  • The anti-Transcendentalists viewed humanity as good for the most part, but recognized that there is some evil in the world.

  • To Transcendentalists, the world focused closely on nature, and man could find his purpose by "giving in" to nature.

  • Transcendentalists were skeptical of nature.  

Part III: M

  • What is an aphorism?

  • Who is a person who exemplifies the Age of Reason?

  • Who was trying to persuade Americans to go to war with Britain?

  • Who are the rationalist writers?

      Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography?

      Franklin considers moral perfection to be

      What is a main purpose of Patrick Henry’s speech?

      What is a good way to use persuasion through an emotional appeal?

      The passage condemning Britain’s involvement in the African slave trade was struck out of the original Declaration because

      What is parallelism?

      Rationalists believed ...what?

      Cotton Mather is best remembered in the annals of science as

      Rationalists view of God was

      Unlike European Romantic novelists, American Romantic novelists were

      The typical Romantic hero was

      Rip Van Winkle

      The philosophy embraced by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Transcendentalists had its roots in

      In the Transcendentalist view of the world,

      Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay "Self-Reliance" champions

      Utopian communities were founded with the intention of

      Both the Dark Romantics and the Transcendentalists

      Characteristics of the Romantic hero?

      Most Europeans (during the Romantic Period) viewed Americans as

      Which tenet of Romanticism did Transcendentalists focus on most?

      Anti-Transcendentalists felt that Transcendentalists ignored which of the following?

Part IV: Author Identification

Who is described?

      57. Especially known for his psychological thrillers that explore the dark, irrational depths of the human mind.

      58. Lived alone in woods for two years.

      59. One of his ancestors played a minor role in the Salem witch trials, a possible explanation for why this author’s work is fueled by an awareness of guilt that accompanies a Puritan conscience.

      60. The first international literary celebrity, despite the fact that many people in Europe and England felt that American would never develop a literary voice of its own.

      61. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.

      62. Was an eloquent and emotional speaker who persuaded the government to go to war.

      63. Sold many pamphlets encouraging support of the war.

      64. Told about his own rise to reach moral perfection.

 

 

Part V: Quotation Identification

Directions: Using your knowledge of the Age of Reason and the Romanticism, identify the author and the time period of each quotation.

Authors Time Periods

       

       

   

 

 
     

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