This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 11 (45 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To believe in the ideals of the Transcendentalist was to believe in the notion/idea of A) Dependence. B) Non-conformity. C) Conformity. D) Self-motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-conformity. 2. The following excerpt includes lyrics from the song "Unstoppable" by Sia. Which of the following transcendentalist facets is best represented through the speaker's words? "I'm so powerful / I don't need batteries to play / I'm so confident / Yeah, I'm unstoppable today" (RI.10.1) A) Importance of Nature. B) Free Thought. C) Nonconformity. D) Confidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confidence. 3. What is the name of the pond that many Transcendentalists went to for inspiration? A) Mary's Pond. B) Childers Pond. C) Walden Pond. D) Hudson Pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walden Pond. 4. What did Transcendentalists reject? A) Individualism. B) Consumerism. C) Spirituality. D) Materialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Materialism. 5. EXTRA CREDIT:Why did Thoreau go to jail? A) He stopped paying taxes. B) He got in a bar fight. C) He was bored. D) He robbed a stagecoach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He stopped paying taxes. 6. Thoreau compares the government to A) A puzzle. B) A machine. C) A heart. D) A dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A machine. 7. Who is the author of Walden? A) Kate Chopin. B) Walt Whitman. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) Henry David Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry David Thoreau. 8. Based on all three of Whitman's poems, with which of the following statements would you most expect the author to agree? A) One can learn more from experiencing the natural world than from experiencing the guidance of people or society. B) Staying optimistic is a challenge, and the individual needs the support of friends and family. C) Man is perfect and self-sufficient as he is, and life only corrupts him. D) One must take both the good and bad as a natural part of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One can learn more from experiencing the natural world than from experiencing the guidance of people or society. 9. Which of the following quotes reveals the main reason for the surge in Irish immigrant to the US A) " I am exceedingly well pleased at coming to this land". B) "I would advise all of my friends to quit Ireland". C) "What your labor for is sweetned by happiness". D) "There is no failure in the potato crop". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "There is no failure in the potato crop". 10. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe a subject A) Free verse. B) Allegory. C) Allusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allegory. 11. A "redeemer" is someone who does something ..... A) Good. B) Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 12. In the woods Emerson finds ..... A) Love & the joy of youth. B) Lots of fish & game. C) A peaceful place to write. D) Trees one can talk to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love & the joy of youth. 13. To 'manifest' means to A) Make obvious or clear. B) Consume. C) Leave behind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make obvious or clear. 14. What did Transcendentalists believe was actually real? A) Individualistic thoughts. B) Beauty, truth, and spirituality. C) Material possessions. D) Consumerist desires. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beauty, truth, and spirituality. 15. "Imagination OVER....." A) Reason. B) Feeling. C) All. D) Individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reason. 16. Transcendentalist artist who drew birds A) John James Audubon. B) William Lloyd Garrison. C) Dorthea Dix. D) Horace Mann. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John James Audubon. 17. Continuing without pause or interruption A) Penitent. B) Kindred. C) Incessant. D) Furnish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incessant. 18. "However mean your life is, meet it and live it:" A) Self Reliance. B) Nature. C) Walden. D) Thanatopsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walden. 19. True or False-The suffragists fought for the right for women to vote. Their hunger strikes were an act of civil disobedience. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Jonathan ..... his suffering and helped his friend in his problem. A) Inherent. B) Transcended. C) Exalted. D) Emerged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transcended. 21. What did Thoreau believe about the growth of industry and cities? A) They were improving the nation. B) They were irrelevant. C) They were ruining the nation. D) They were necessary for progress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were ruining the nation. 22. What other recognizable story did Washington Irving, author of "The Devil and Tom Walker, " write? A) The Raven. B) The Crucible. C) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. D) A Christmas Carol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 23. What was Thoreau's opinion of the news? A) It is important to be knowledgeable about the world and current events. B) It is mostly noise and gossip, which is an unnecessary distraction in one's life. C) It should be read only once a week instead of every day. D) It is too boring to catch most people's attention and should therefore be more exciting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is mostly noise and gossip, which is an unnecessary distraction in one's life. 24. " ..... OVER fact" A) Reason. B) Feeling. C) All. D) Individualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeling. 25. Which author wrote "I heartily accept the motto, 'That government is best which governs least' and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically." A) Thoreau and Civil Disobedience. B) Emerson and Self-Reliance. C) Thoreau and Where I Lived and What I Lived For. D) Emerson and Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thoreau and Civil Disobedience. 26. Which author was a pastor before starting the Transcendental Club. A) William Cullen Bryant. B) Henry David Thoreau. C) Henry David Longfellow. D) Ralph Waldo Emerson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 27. Which of the following was mostly made up of folk tales and origin stories? A) American Gothic. B) Puritan. C) Colonial. D) Native American. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Native American. 28. How does Emerson define a lover of nature? A) A true lover of nature is a person who loves to be outside in the middle of nature. B) A true lover of nature has both senses that are inward and outward. C) A true lover of nature discovers the mysteries of nature. D) He/she must be a poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A true lover of nature has both senses that are inward and outward. 29. Transcendentalist writer (Civil Disobedience) A) Horace Mann. B) Frederick Douglass. C) Hudson River School. D) Henry David Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry David Thoreau. 30. According to Transcendentalism, your thoughts should: A) Be about others. B) Be positive always. C) Be dependent on others. D) Be your own. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be your own. 31. The following line is from which poem:"One, if by land, and two, if by sea:And I on the opposite shore will be" A) Paul Revere's Ride. B) Self-Reliance. C) Old Ironsides. D) Thanatopsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paul Revere's Ride. 32. What did Thoreau do to rebel against the strict rules at Harvard? A) Didn't go to class. B) Wrote about free individuality. C) Wore a different color coat than what was required. D) Build a cabin in the woods on campus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wore a different color coat than what was required. 33. Many Transcendental authors were also ..... A) Abolitionists. B) Farmers. C) Artists. D) All of the Above . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abolitionists. 34. Emily Dickinson never married. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 35. Which of the following is NOT considered related to Transcendentalism A) Religion. B) Social Reform. C) Music. D) The General State of American Culture. E) Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Music. 36. The church respected the transcendentalist and their movement. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 37. "What I must do is all that concerns me" A) I only care for my own life and tasks. B) I only care what is left on my to do list. C) I only worry about myself and my abilities. D) I only worry about those around me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I only care for my own life and tasks. 38. Transcendentalist believed that people can trust themselves to be their own authority on what is right. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. What did Thoreau believe about the law? A) It is controlled by reason. B) Men have to make the law. C) It is irrelevant. D) It makes men free. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Men have to make the law. 40. What period dominated literature and life before Transcendentalism? A) Revolutionary. B) Puritan. C) Enlightenment. D) Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Puritan. 41. Which of the following movements or groups of people is best described as shifting from religion to patriotism? A) Colonial. B) Transcendentalism. C) Native American. D) Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enlightenment. 42. "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common" A) Wisdom is understanding how common miracles are. B) Being smart means you can see everyday things for what they are. C) To be great, you have to understand the miraculous. D) True genius is seeing extravagance in every day things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True genius is seeing extravagance in every day things. 43. What is intense individualism? A) A doctrine that focuses on the inner self and how to use it to the best ability. B) The perception that an individual shows strong emotions to natural occurrences. C) An idea in which an individual shows strong reliance to their own strengths. D) The idea that an individual does not conform to the government but to their own desires. E) The false thought process in which an individual decides to not think. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An idea in which an individual shows strong reliance to their own strengths. 44. "Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." A) Walden. B) Paul Revere's Ride. C) Self Reliance. D) Thanatopsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walden. 45. Which best describes the work of James Fenimore Cooper? A) He created Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman. B) He was a painter who exemplified the Hudson River School style. C) He wrote song-like poems celebrating the common man. D) He wrote novels that celebrated American Indian culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wrote novels that celebrated American Indian culture. ← PreviousRelated 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