The Romantic Period mcqs


5- Romantic Period (1790-1830)


Which of the following factors did not contribute to the growth of the reading public in this period?

A. The notoriety of the Lake School
B. Technological developments, such as the steam-driven printing press
C. Innovations in retailing, such as the cut-price sale of remaindered books
D. Increased literacy, thanks in large part to Sunday schools

A. The notoriety of the Lake School

The Lake School refers to a group of English poets at the turn of the 19th century, including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey.

While their works were influential in literature and poetry, their notoriety wasn’t a direct factor in the growth of the general reading public.

Instead, their impact was more confined to the realm of literary development and the evolution of Romanticism in English literature.

Who applied the term Romantic to the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830?

A. Wordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien regime, especially satire
B. English historians half a century after the period ended
C. \The Satanic School\of Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers
D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770)

B. English historians half a century after the period ended