Romantic writers distrusted which of the following?

• A. The wisdom of the ages
• B. The supernatural realm
• C. The technological process
• D. Inner imagination

Answer: (C)

Romantic writers question modern life by focusing on imagination, emotion, and a intimate relationship with nature rather than with machines and industrial progress. They worry that the technological process—factories, steam power, and rapid mechanization—will crowd out authentic human experience, degrade the beauty of the natural world, and dull imaginative and moral sensibilities. That tension is central to their works, which often pair a reverence for nature with caution about how industry can dehumanize society. The supernatural and the inner life of imagination were generally embraced or explored as sources of insight, not distrusted, and many Romantics challenged old authorities or traditions when they restricted personal vision, rather than opposing imagination or the supernatural. So the focus on technology as a destabilizing force best fits the Romantic critique.