HRS 135 -- Study Questions for Exam #1
1. Hugo: What did the Romantics generally think about religion and nature?
2. Give a comprehensive definition of the Enlightenment.
3. Judging by the short readings by Addison, Voltaire and Franklin, what was the
Enlightenment's general attitude toward religion?
4. As expressed in his "Fifth Promenade," what was Rousseau's formula for
happiness?
5. Compare the painting styles of Jacque-Louis David and Eugène Delacroix.
6. Compare the painting styles of Caspar David Friedrich and Francisco Goya.
7. Trace the evolution of Werther's attitude toward nature and God.
8. Place the action of Goethe's Werther in its social and political context.
9. In what ways is the first movement to Beethoven's Symphony #5 in b minor
classical and in what ways Romantic?
10. Compare the use of form, texture, and function in Mendelssohn's 'Overture to a
Midsummer's Night Dream.'
11. How does the poetry of William Wordsworth differ from that of Samuel Taylor
Coleridge?
12. Compare the poetry of Heinrich Heine with that of John Keats.
