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Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. "O Captain! My Captain!" :Which word best describes the tone of the speaker?
2. Transcendentalism is about
3. Divine Providence is a belief the ..... had.
4. Who is the author of The Raven?
5. Name the work from which this quote originates: "I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world.."
6. According to Emerson in 'Nature'- "Nature always wears the colors of the ..... "
7. This poetic device is used when Emerson says the tree boughs wave to him.
8. The movie, "I Am Legend" is an example of what tenet?
9. What element contributes to Southern Gothic writers' ability to identify a "freak" ?
10. The 'world psyche" , the life-force, the prime mover, or God was often referred to as the ..... by many Transcendentalist thinkers.
11. Which is a tenent of Transcendentalism?
12. Select the statement that Thoreau agree with most?
13. Which of the following does William Carlos Williams' "danse russe" (411) NOT employ to achieve the title of experimental poetry?
14. "The Raven" is the most famous work by writer and poet .....
15. ..... lived alone for two years at .....
16. Gothic Literature elements include the following except .....
17. What Transcendental value does the quote show? "Our life is frittered away by detail ..... simplify, simplify!"
18. Why didn't Henry pay for his Harvard Diploma?
19. The characteristics of American Romantic Literature can best be summarized as
20. According to the SIX TENETS we reviewed, Transcendentalists believed that what was the highest form of the soul?
21. Which one is Thoreau?
22. A belief that people should rise above material things in life and that people should depend on themselves rather than outside authority.
23. This device is an object that has deeper meaning beyond its literal sense
24. According to Transcendentalist views,
25. Why did Henry quit teaching?
26. Which individual lived in a cabin for two years?
27. How do Transcendentalists feel about wealth or material possessions?
28. "Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members" means .....
29. Who said "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.."
30. What is a main idea in "Self-Reliance" ?
31. Transcendentalists believed all people are inherently:
32. The form of protest that peacefully protests unjust laws is called
33. "I Hear America Singing" is written by
34. What is the basic idea from "Nature" ?
35. Where did Transcendentalism begin?
36. Which Transcendentalist died in a shipwreck?
37. In "The Cask of Amontillado, " who is the narrator, or the character who tells the story?
38. "O Captain! My Captain!" was written just after the end of the Civil War. The speaker's description of a captain who dies most likely refers to
39. The German philosopher who first used the term "transcendental" was:
40. What circumstance is Emerson in when "mean egotism vanishes? "
41. Which poem was not Anti-Transcendentalist?
42. Transcendentalists believe that ....., humanity, and nature share a universal soul.
43. Who is Henry's brother?
44. What does this picture represent?
45. Transcendentalism is a 19th-century school of American religious and philosophical thought that combined respect for ..... with .....
46. This is a statement that seems to contradict itself but may nevertheless suggest an important truth.
47. Who does Henry David Thoreau admire most?
48. Transcendentalists value non-conformity. What does that mean?
49. Define:Arrangement of words in a sentence
50. Many Transcendentalists were:
51. "To The Virgins to Make Much of Time":And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying." What does this imagery illustrate?
52. What does Thoreau call for, in terms of government, at the conclusion of this selection from "Civil Disobedience" ?
53. VocabularyDefinition:rightness, suitability
54. Early Transcendentalists gathered to create .....
55. Another tenet of Transcendentalist is the idea that you should be able to think for yourself and challenge beliefs.
56. Emerson: "There is a time in every man's education whe he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance, that imitation is ....."
57. According to Emerson in 'Nature' "If a man would be alone, let him look at the ..... "
58. "Self-Reliance":What is the aversion of conformity?
59. Which element of Transcendentalism did Thoreau employ by creating his Walden "experiment" ?
60. Transcendentalism is based on a theory of the relationship of all the following except
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