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Transcendentalism Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Religious movement that led to social reforms
2. In the poem "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer", what Transcendental principle is most clearly represented?
3. Which of the following believed religious leaders should also be government leaders?
4. Giving priority to one's own goals over group goals and defining one's identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications
5. Magazines and News papers were new forms of writings in rationalism
6. What is Emerson's overall opinion of society?
7. This person wrote in free verse
8. Emerson says nature wears the colors of .....
9. How does the narrator view death in "Thanatopsis?"
10. Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
11. (Fill in the blank) A rhetorical device is ..... used to persuade.
12. Self reliance and individualism must outweigh external authority
13. According to the author, what can the poet's eye do when he or she looks at nature?
14. What is a short passage from a longer piece of writing?
15. Which characteristic of Transcendentalism means "forming truth through your own logic, reason, and experiences?" (RI.9-10.4)
16. A figure of speech that references another work, well-known person, or famous event
17. What did the transcendentalists believe?
18. A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's, in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature, and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter, intuition is valuable, that each soul is part of the Great Spirit, and each person is part of a reality where only the invisible is truly real. Promoted individualism, self-reliance, and freedom from social constraints, and emphasized emotions.
19. "Word Choice" is the definition of .....
20. Where did the Transcendentalism movement start?
21. Where did Henry David Thoreau spend a year alone?
22. What does Thoreau express when he says "Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one; instead of a hundred dishes, five" ?
23. According to Emerson, how does society affect the development of individualism?
24. What would make a Transcendentalist happy?
25. Walt Whitman was an American poet, inspired by Transcendental ideas.
26. What is the type of figurative language used in the following line: "The people were assaulted by the living dead."
27. The children who live up the street are quite friendly.
28. American poet with over 1, 800 poems written in an unconventional style
29. Thoreau believes that .....
30. Walt Whitman first published is .....
31. Which of the following words mean "to go beyond" ?
32. Which writer was from Amherst, Massachusetts?
33. Which of these IS NOT a social cause that Margaret Fuller fought for?
34. Which would include a damsel in distress and obsessive love?
35. Both the 1st and 2nd Great Awakening resulted in .....
36. What part of speech does the following suffix change a word into:-er, -or, -ist
37. Finds inspiration in myth, legend, and folklore
38. Transcendentalism would have people:
39. When Emerson goes into Nature, he says he isn't alone, although .....
40. If you were a Transcendentalist, which of the following would be MOST appealing?
41. The quote "In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, -no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, -my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, -all mean egotism vanishes" is found in which text?
42. Transcendentalism is a "spin off" of what movement?
43. The example of "Chicken Little" is an example of the transcendental tenet
44. The tone of Emerson's essay is best described as-
45. Which of these is NOT a Transcendentalist principle?
46. What is implicit about city life in Emerson's essay, "Nature", when he writes "in the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages" ? Choose the BEST answer.
47. Hawthorne was the main spokesperson for transcendentalism.
48. Which is not a characteristic of Transcendentalism?
49. What is going on in the 19th century in America that commercially created new ways of transportation?
50. What is the definition of Transcendentalism?
51. Should there be a comma after "apple" ?At lunch, Princess Peach had an apple that was as big as a grapefruit.
52. The "Over Soul" can be thought of as what?
53. What was the name of the pond Thoreau's cabin was close to?
54. The following quote from Civil Disobedience refers to: ..... "If it is of such nature that it requires you to be the agent of an injustice to another, then, I say, break the law."
55. Which best describes the work of Washington Irving?
56. Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word intuition?
57. True or false:Civil disobedience is unconditionally obeying the law, even if you dislike the President.
58. Which of the following did transcendentalist NOT support?
59. What does Thoreau call for at the end of the selection from "Civil Disobedience" ?
60. Summiting Anderson Peak and seeing the perfect snowboarding line down to the bottom left me with ..... feelings of love for the outdoors and nature.
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