This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Transcendentalists believed in communing with what? A) All of these. B) Government. C) Industrial Cities. D) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nature. 2. Emerson states that the most sacred part of a person is- A) The work that they accomplish. B) The shadow that they cast on the world. C) The integrity of their individual mind. D) Their courage to be a nonconformist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The integrity of their individual mind. 3. Finds beauty and truth in exotic locales and the inner world of the imagination A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romanticism. 4. Transcendentalists believed that materialism and technology are ..... influences. A) Educational. B) Corrupting. C) Positive. D) Important. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corrupting. 5. Who was the author of "Pilgrimage to Nonviolence?" A) Gandhi. B) Martin Luther King Jr. C) Thoreau. D) Emerson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Martin Luther King Jr. 6. True or False-A "foolish consistency, " according to Emerson, is the act of senselessly following others. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how men would believe and adore; a preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown!" This is an example of ..... A) Simplified Life. B) The Importance of Nature. C) Non-Conformity. D) Self-Reliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Importance of Nature. 8. Which of the following most accurately describes Transcendentalist beliefs about God? A) They did not believe in God. B) They believed Catholicism was the only true religion. C) They believed that all people should attend church services every week. D) They believed people didn't have to follow the rules of organized religion to connect to God. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They believed people didn't have to follow the rules of organized religion to connect to God. 9. According to Transcendentalists, God can be found: A) Nowhere. B) Only in church. C) Only in nature. D) Anywhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anywhere. 10. When did this movement begin? A) The 1800s. B) The 1700s. C) The 2000s. D) The 1900s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The 1800s. 11. What is the best paraphrase for "Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string" (2)? A) Follow your instinct; it's where good art comes from. B) Follow your instinct; all people flourish when following this advice because it's such a steadfast fact of nature. C) Follow your instinct; everyone is depending on you. D) Follow your instinct; God is the iron string that connects us all. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Follow your instinct; all people flourish when following this advice because it's such a steadfast fact of nature. 12. People in the 19th century who created Transcendentalism A) Transcendental Club. B) Industrialist Club. C) Romantics. D) Capitalist Club. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transcendental Club. 13. Which group believed in finding oneself in nature? A) Colonialists. B) Puritans. C) American Gothic. D) Transcendentalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transcendentalists. 14. When it comes to meter in poetry, what are the two important pieces of meter? ..... & ..... syllables. A) Stressed and more stressed. B) Stressed and unstressed. C) Iambic and diaambic. D) Penta and meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stressed and unstressed. 15. Transcendentalism encourages ..... (RI.10.10) A) Following the rules. B) Being like everyone else. C) Joining the majority opinion. D) Not conforming to what others do and say. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not conforming to what others do and say. 16. Which sentence best expresses the central idea of the selection from "Self-Reliance" ? A) Meekness is the virtue that fosters self-awareness. B) Social customs serve a valuable purpose. C) Cruelty may be necessary to achieve one's goals. D) Trust your instincts, regardless of what others do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trust your instincts, regardless of what others do. 17. Which work (below) is described as " ..... a spiritual autobiography that tells the story of an enchanted observer who says who he is at every opportunity and claims what he loves by naming it'? A) Leaves of Grass. B) Hope is the Thing with Feathers. C) Nature. D) Because I Could Not Stop for Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leaves of Grass. 18. Rationalists believed in god A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. What did Henry David Thoreau write about in Walden? A) Natural history and philosophy. B) Religious institutions. C) Civil disobedience. D) Feminism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural history and philosophy. 20. "The introspection of an individual and how they are connected to their true self" . What tenet is defined above? A) Reverence for Nature. B) Presence of the Supernatural. C) Overthinking. D) Intense Individualism. E) Non-conformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reverence for Nature. 21. What does the word reality mean? A) A thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning. B) Having knowledge of something; aware. C) Of or according to the rules of logic or formal argument. D) The world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them. 22. All of the following are Romantic Writers except ..... A) Ralph Waldo Emerson. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. D) William Cullen Bryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 23. Who wrote the collection 'Leaves of Grass'? A) Walt Whitman. B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walt Whitman. 24. The place Thoreau lived to attune with nature-he wrote extensively about it A) Appalachian Mountains. B) Salem, Ma. C) The woods. D) Walden Pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walden Pond. 25. To be responsible is a(n) ..... characteristic of a student who cares about his or her work in class. It comes naturally to him or her. A) Peculiar. B) Inherent. C) Nurture. D) Transcend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inherent. 26. Which movement or group began using strategies like ethos, pathos, and logos? A) Puritans. B) Native Americans. C) Transcendentalism. D) Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enlightenment. 27. What did Thoreau believe about an individual's rights and wrongs? A) They must be decided by the individual. B) They are irrelevant. C) They are controlled by reason. D) They are determined by society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They must be decided by the individual. 28. Prefers youthful innocence to educated sophistication A) Transcendentalism. B) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanticism. 29. Who were poets seen as for the movement? (Think of Christianity A) Messiahs. B) Witches. C) Prophets. D) Fortune Tellers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prophets. 30. Transcendentalist believed in the innate ..... of humankind A) Predictability. B) Goodness. C) Love. D) Evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goodness. 31. True or False-A central idea of Emerson's writings is that people should refuse to blindly follow other people's ideas and should instead think and act for themselves. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. Which root is defined as thoroughly A) Roma. B) Per. C) Spec. D) Ade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Per. 33. The Transcendentalists influenced which of the following movements? (RI.10.10) A) Abolition of slavery. B) Women's rights and suffrage. C) Civil Rights Movement. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 34. What is Transcendentalism called? A) The American Renaissance. B) The Age of Knowledge. C) A waste of time. D) The Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The American Renaissance. 35. Education is ..... A) Power. B) Liberal. C) Duty. D) Conservative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liberal. 36. Transcendentalist artists who painted American landscapes A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton. B) Hudson River School. C) William Lloyd Garrison. D) Henry David Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hudson River School. 37. Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word philosophy? A) A system of beliefs and values. B) To rise above or beyond, exceed. C) Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. D) To make evident or certain by showing, displaying, or invoking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A system of beliefs and values. 38. The transcendentalist believed in the supremacy of ..... and ..... over logic and experience when seeking the deepest truths. A) Frustration and futility. B) Happiness and love. C) Intuition and creativity. D) Peace and freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intuition and creativity. 39. What day did the experiment at Walden pond start? A) December 12, 1850. B) July 4, 1845. C) January 13, 1849. D) July 13, 1841. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) July 4, 1845. 40. What is the best definition for "civil disobedience?" A) Angry Protest. B) Nonviolent Protest. C) Uniform Protest. D) Marching Protest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonviolent Protest. 41. What is the MAIN IDEA of the selection Famous Floridians:John James Audubon? A) John James Audubon captured the birds and wildlife of Florida through his realistic art. B) Audubon was not from Florida, he was born in Santo Domingo. C) The National Audubon Society was founded in his honor. D) Audubon's bird prints have been reproduced many times. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John James Audubon captured the birds and wildlife of Florida through his realistic art. 42. What part of speech does the following suffix change a word into:-ion A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 43. "I heartily accept the motto, 'That government is best which governs least" ' This is an example of what transcendentalism trademark? A) The Importance of Nature. B) Simplified Life. C) Intuition over Reason. D) Self-Reliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-Reliance. 44. Thoreau wrote "Civil Disobedience" as a protest against which war? A) American Revolution. B) Civil War. C) The War of 1812. D) Mexican War. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mexican War. 45. What decade do we associate with the beginning of Transcendentalism? A) 1830s. B) 1850s. C) 1790s. D) 1810s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1830s. 46. Shuns the artificiality of civilization and seek unspoiled nature A) Transcendentalism. B) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanticism. 47. How many stanzas are in "The Raven" ? A) 17. B) 16. C) 19. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 18. 48. Chris McCandless decided to ..... A) Fight for environmental justice. B) Leave everything and go to North Dakota. C) Leave everything and go to Alaska. D) Fight for racial justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leave everything and go to Alaska. 49. Who was the father of Louisa May Alcott? A) Walt Whitman. B) Henry David Thoreau. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) Amos Bronson Alcott. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amos Bronson Alcott. 50. Which of the following is NOT a transcendental belief A) Non-conformity. B) Attached to material wealth. C) Power of nature. D) Power the individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attached to material wealth. 51. A comparison between two unalike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem A) Extended metaphor. B) Simile. C) Assonance. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extended metaphor. 52. Another word for 'hatred' is ..... A) Aversion. B) Admiration. C) Annihilation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aversion. 53. What does Emerson mean when he says "virtues are ..... rather the exception than the rule" (3)? A) Virtues are a second line of defense in human morality. B) Virtues are the same for all people. C) Virtues limit our desire/ability to act according to our own instincts. D) Virtues help keep the world in order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virtues limit our desire/ability to act according to our own instincts. 54. Identify the statement that offers the best paraphrase of this aphorism: "Trust thyself:Every heart vibrates to that iron string." A) If you trust yourself, you will come up against a steel wall. B) If you trust yourself, you will be broken as easily as a string. C) Trust yourself, and you will be strong. D) Trust yourself, and you will become a musician. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trust yourself, and you will be strong. 55. Which one of the following is NOT something people do for posterity? A) Write in a journal. B) Make scrap books. C) Eat food. D) Take pictures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eat food. 56. How did Transcendentalists believe that you could find divine truth? A) It is passed down from generations. B) Intuitively. C) Through education. D) In poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intuitively. 57. One expedient for graduating high school is ..... A) Making friends. B) Getting good grades. C) Eating ice cream. D) Having fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Getting good grades. 58. Materialism and technology are ..... influences. A) Positive. B) Important. C) Educational. D) Corrupting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corrupting. 59. Which writer focused on slant rhyme, also known as imperfect rhyme or off rhyme? A) Whitman. B) Dickinson. C) Emerson. D) Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dickinson. 60. Why did the author go to the woods? A) To see if he could survive. B) To make friends. C) To experience nature and life at its roots. D) To observe birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To experience nature and life at its roots. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesTranscendentalism Quiz 1Transcendentalism Quiz 2Transcendentalism Quiz 3Transcendentalism Quiz 4Transcendentalism Quiz 5Transcendentalism Quiz 6Transcendentalism Quiz 7Transcendentalism Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books