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Transcendentalism Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. The author of Nature and Self Reliance
2. What was the name of the large gatherings where preachers shared ideas
3. An opportunity for free land in the Midwest
4. What is the oversoul according to transcendentalists?
5. What must everyone realize at some point in life?
6. What was the primary belief of Transcendentalists about nature?
7. Who and what text talks about the "realometer?"
8. What is Civil Disobedience?
9. Which Transcendentalist lived out his philosophy by moving to a cabin on Walden Pond?
10. Which author graduated from Harvard and became a teacher but quit and lived at Walden pond?
11. Loving your ..... is the measure of .....
12. Which of these is a theme that Transcendentalist works focus on?
13. Romantic author Edgar Allen Poe was known for
14. What part of speech is speculating?
15. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is an example of a(n)
16. In the poem "Song of Myself", in what line does Whitman most clearly describe a belief in an Oversoul?
17. While in the woods, he .....
18. What does Thoreau mean when he say we are "starved" before we are "hungry" ?
19. Who or what should every person trust?
20. Which person was a transcendentalist writer who lived on Walden Pond?
21. This type of poetic verse was frequently used by the early transcendentalists, such as Emerson or Longfellow.
22. Who wrote the poem "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" ?
23. Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word "suffrage?"
24. What does Emerson mean by "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds?"
25. What larger literary period is Transcendentalism said to be a part of?
26. In the poem "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer", in what line does Whitman's narrator most clearly demonstrate a desire for individuality?
27. Some students dress up in a(n) ..... way:all pink, broken jeans, or cool hats. They dress differently.
28. How does Thoreau feel about technological progress?
29. The Transcendentalist placed an emphasis on
30. What event ended Transcendentalism?
31. Transcendentalist Walt Whitman captured the spirit of young America by creating
32. A movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization
33. An economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship
34. True or False-The following quote suggests that we should all conform to the rules of society: "'Misunderstood!" ' It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo and Newton and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood."
35. Which movement did Ralph Waldo Emerson lead?
36. If someone gets caught doing something bad, and then they get absolved of this "crime, " is it a good or a bad thing?
37. This cabin was built by which Transcendentalist author?
38. "Her deck, once red with heroes' blood/Where knelt the vanquished foe, "
39. According to the Transcendentalists, the way to discover spirituality is:
40. Transcendentalism is a movement in what areas?
41. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile. This piece from Emerson is from which of his excerpts
42. Which statement best expresses the main idea of these sentences in the selection from Walden? I had not lived there a week before my feet wore a path from my door to the pondside; and though it is five or six years since I trod it, it is still quite distinct ..... The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with the paths which the mind travels. How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity!
43. What was Thoreau's view on slavery?
44. What period (years) did Transcendentalism dominate American literature?
45. Which American literary movement formed prior to Transcendentalism?
46. When did this movement occur?
47. This author had a large sum of money since birth, but used this funding to be a strong abolitionist, composing poetry such as "The Warning" in his Poems About Slavery.
48. The founder of the transcendental movement is the German philosopher
49. Where I Lived and What I Lived For makes a reference to the Arabian Nights. What figurative language technique is this called?
50. What was Margaret Fuller's major feminist work?
51. What is the type of figurative language used in the following line: "My headache was so bad. I was sure my head was going to literally explode."
52. "That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest"
53. A movement in the arts and literature that originated in the early 1800s emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.
54. What is the type of figurative language used in the following line: "He was a bulldozer, pushing over anyone who got in his way."
55. The human soul is part of the ..... or universal spirit (or "float" for Whitman) to which it and other souls return at death.
56. In the poem "O Me! O Life!", in what line does Whitman suggest a preference for living in a rural setting?
57. Which of the descriptions best explain the importance of the transcendental movement in America.
58. What did Emily Dickinson's sister discover after Emily's death?
59. "Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members ..... "
60. In "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls", which line is an example of personification?
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