This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls", the following line is an example of: "the sea in the darkness calls" A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. What aspects of Nature prove it to be a Romantic piece of literature? A) Its close look at industry. B) Its close look at nature. C) Its commentary on man and life. D) Its commentary on man and God. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its close look at nature. 3. Reflects on nature's beauty as a path to spiritual and moral development A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romanticism. 4. Most of Emily Dickinson's poem were based on ..... A) Life. B) Joy. C) Desperation. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death. 5. Which person is NOT associated with the Seneca Falls Convention in the women's reform movement? A) Julia Ward Howe. B) Susan B. Anthony. C) Lucretia Mott. D) Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Julia Ward Howe. 6. According to the selection from Walden, what is Thoreau's main reason for moving to a cabin in the woods? A) He wants time to read works of philosophy. B) He wants to write a book about insects. C) He wants to learn how to farm and fish. D) He wants to live life as fully as possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wants to live life as fully as possible. 7. True or False-Emerson would argue that fitting in is overrated. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. True or False:The Salem Witch trials (from The Crucible) took place almost 30 years after the Transcendentalist Movement started A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 9. Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word potential? A) Anything that pertains to a person's relationship with a nonmaterial life force or higher power. B) An effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning. C) To make evident or certain by showing, displaying, or invoking. D) Possible, able to happen; something that can develop or become a reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Possible, able to happen; something that can develop or become a reality. 10. Which root is defined as to look at; to see beyond A) Sub. B) Spec. C) He, or, is. D) Specter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spec. 11. The Dark Romantics contradicted the Transcendentalists on which of the following points? A) Value intuition over logic. B) Saw signs and symbols in human events. C) Less optimistic than Transcendentalists. Spiritual facts are not good or harmless. D) Spiritual facts lie behind appearances in nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less optimistic than Transcendentalists. Spiritual facts are not good or harmless. 12. The principles of transcendentalism made it a ..... A) Literary movement. B) Social reform movement. C) Philosophical movement. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. Where did Transcendentalism begin to appear around 1830? A) Massachusetts. B) New York. C) California. D) Virginia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Massachusetts. 14. According to Transcendentalism, there is an ..... which goes beyond the physical and intellectual. A) A loose collection of a variety of ideas and perspectives. B) Different meanings for each person. C) Ideal spiritual state. D) Anti-conformist attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ideal spiritual state. 15. Why does Thoreau state that he dislikes the railroad in Walden? A) People buy train tickets as a superficial sign of their wealth. B) The railroad is too fast and dangerous for his tastes. C) People put more effort and value into it than their own lives. D) They are destroying the natural scenery of the countryside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People put more effort and value into it than their own lives. 16. Sees poetry as the highest expression of the imagination A) Transcendentalism. B) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanticism. 17. This Transcendentalist went to jail for not paying his poll taxes A) Longfellow. B) Whitman. C) Bryant. D) Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thoreau. 18. What is the transcendentalist belief about nature? (RI.10.10) A) Nature is "just there". B) Nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality. C) Nature is unstable and changes too much. D) Nature is the origin of evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality. 19. To do something 'deliberately' means to do something ..... A) Intentionally. B) Accidentally. C) Sneakily. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intentionally. 20. What is the first basic premise of Transcendentalism? A) The Earth is the spiritual center of the universe. B) The nation is the spiritual center of the universe. C) The individual is the spiritual center of the universe. D) The community is the spiritual center of the universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The individual is the spiritual center of the universe. 21. Romantics believed that nature=corruption A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 22. In O Me! O Life!, what is Whitman pondering and questioning? A) His existence and the futility of life. B) Whether he should convert to Christianity. C) Why his love does not love him back. D) Whether he should take his own life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His existence and the futility of life. 23. 'Resignation' means to A) Give up or step down. B) Fight hard for what is right. C) Let something fall apart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Give up or step down. 24. Which of the following would have elements of the supernatural? A) Transcendentalism. B) Enlightenment. C) American Gothic. D) Colonialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) American Gothic. 25. When did the Second Great Awakening start? A) 1900's. B) 1700's. C) 1600's. D) 1800's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1800's. 26. What happens in spring at the Walden cabin? A) The change is a surprise that makes him feel lonely. B) The change is a surprise. C) The change is a surprise that makes him happy. D) The change is a surprise that makes him feel at one with nature again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The change is a surprise that makes him feel at one with nature again. 27. From the 1790s to the 1830s, a religious movement called the Second Great Awakening influenced American society. Baptists, Methodists, and Quakers were among the leading religious groups of this movement. Its message emphasized the idea of equality, which appealed to ordinary people and challenged elites. It also expressed a belief that people had the ability to make choices and act in ways that would improve themselves. Which statement BEST explains how the Second Great Awakening influenced change in American society? A) It inspired the growth of social reform movements. B) It encouraged Southerners to assert their rights by seceding. C) It brought about a closer relationship between church and state. D) It led to industrialization by encouraging people to become wealthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It inspired the growth of social reform movements. 28. Who was the father of the modern environmental movement? A) Walden. B) Thoreau. C) McCandless. D) Emerson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thoreau. 29. Explored the conflict between good and evil; the psychological effects of guilt and sin A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. C) Dark Romanticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark Romanticism. 30. If something has a pleasant tune, it might be described as ..... A) Melodious. B) Ridiculous. C) Fabulous. D) Cacophonous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melodious. 31. In the selection from "Self-Reliance, " what purpose is most likely served by mentioning Socrates, Jesus, and Galileo? A) To encourage readers to learn about historical figures. B) To illustrate the idea that individuals are often misunderstood. C) To question these figures' practical contribution to society. D) To suggest that these people would all agree with the author's philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To illustrate the idea that individuals are often misunderstood. 32. In the poem "Song of Myself", in what line does Whitman most clearly describe a belief in the positive influence of nature? A) I celebrate myself, and sing myself. B) I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin. C) I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy. D) I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy. 33. This Transcendentalist was an advocate for women's rights and disagreed with the concept that men's and women's domains were to be separate. A) Margaret Fuller. B) Emily Dickinson. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Margaret Fuller. 34. According to the Transcendentalists, the way to discover spirituality is by ..... (RI.10.10) A) Looking inwards and connecting to nature to discover one's true self. B) Listening to what your parents say and following the rules. C) Going to church every Wednesday and Sunday. D) Listening to music and reading poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking inwards and connecting to nature to discover one's true self. 35. Philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature, personal emotion, and imagination A) Industrialization. B) Romanticism. C) Transcendentalism. D) Modernization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transcendentalism. 36. Which one of the following do people NOT cultivate? A) Minds. B) Relationships. C) Gardens. D) Monster trucks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monster trucks. 37. What is the central theme of Self-Reliance? A) Blend in and be a nobody. B) Keep up with constant styles so you can always fit in with society. C) Embrace individuality; don't conform to society's standards. D) Listen to only your friends' opinions; they know what is best. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Embrace individuality; don't conform to society's standards. 38. When it comes to unjust laws, Thoreau believes ..... A) We should accept that they are a natural part of life. B) We should not wait for other people to challenge them. C) We should ask the government to change them. D) We should collectively come together to challenge them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We should not wait for other people to challenge them. 39. According to Nature, what does Emerson say that people regain when they enter the natural world? A) Questions and answers. B) Reason and faith. C) Mosquito bites and heat rash. D) Hope and security. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reason and faith. 40. Who was the lone female member of the transcendentalist club? A) Henry David Thoreau. B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. C) John Locke. D) Margaret Fuller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Margaret Fuller. 41. Which answer choice demonstrates the best way to combine the following sentences? The oranges have been sitting on the table for a week. They are starting to look brown. A) The oranges, which have been sitting on the table for a week, are starting to look brown. B) The oranges which have been sitting on the table for a week are starting to look brown. C) For a week the oranges have been on the table sitting, which are starting to look brown. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The oranges, which have been sitting on the table for a week, are starting to look brown. 42. Who is tge father of Free-verse Poetry? A) John Walker. B) Walt Whitman. C) Dwayne Johnson. D) Walt Disney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walt Whitman. 43. Why don't Transcendentalists like this animal? A) Sheep are not considered religious symbols. B) Sheep don't think for themselves. C) Sheep committed war crimes in former Yugoslavia. D) Sheep eat all the crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheep don't think for themselves. 44. What rhetorical device is being used in the following quote? "Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood?" A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 45. Who was the teacher and mentor of Henry David Thoreau? A) Whitman. B) No teacher/self-taught. C) Dickinson. D) Emerson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emerson. 46. "Nature OVER.....' A) Reason. B) Feeling. C) All. D) Individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All. 47. What is individualism? A) Being part of a community. B) The habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant. C) Being alone in nature. D) Being one with the universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant. 48. The physical facts of the world are a doorway to the spiritual or ideal world A) Transcendentalism. B) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transcendentalism. 49. What does Thoreau hope to convey when he talks about the path he had worn to the pond? A) Establishing habits makes life easier. B) People fall into dull routines too easily. C) Living far away from friends is a good idea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People fall into dull routines too easily. 50. Which two people were influenced by Thoreau's essay Civil Disobedience? A) Abraham Lincoln and Gandhi. B) Martin Luther and Abraham Lincoln. C) Gandhi and Trump. D) Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi. 51. How did works from the Hudson River School encourage Manifest Destiny? A) Paintings of nature scenes encouraged people to move west, away from overcrowded, polluted industrial cities. B) Paintings of the Hudson River Valley encouraged people to move east and contributed to urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paintings of nature scenes encouraged people to move west, away from overcrowded, polluted industrial cities. 52. Transcendentalists believed in conforming to society's authority, customs, and traditions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 53. Which of the following was mostly made up of narratives and was written in a plain style? A) American Gothics. B) Native American. C) Transcendentalists. D) Colonialists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colonialists. 54. "Live your life. Do your work. Then take your hat." A) Take a nap every time you finish a task. B) Get your work done, then relax. C) Live your life first, then do your work. D) Get your work done, then go live life to the fullest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get your work done, then relax. 55. This kind of poetic verse was favored by the later Transcendentalist authors, such as Henry David Thoreau or Walt Whitman A) Quatrain. B) Sonnet. C) Free-Verse. D) Iambic Pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free-Verse. 56. "It is a deliverance which does not deliver" is a use of which rhetorical device? A) Consonance. B) Simile. C) Oxymoron. D) Metephor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 57. The main theme of Nature is A) Nature is to be feared and treated with deep respect. B) We all need to work together to protect the natural world. C) People are an interconnected part of nature. D) People need to exert control over nature and tame it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People are an interconnected part of nature. 58. Which of the following is not a transcendental idea? A) Logic and reason. B) Solitude. C) Nonconformity. D) Simplicity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logic and reason. 59. The ..... perspectives about school uniforms from students is that they are perfect to show everyone's individuality. A) Blithe. B) Temporal. C) Sublime. D) Predominating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predominating. 60. What did Emerson believe was the best way to seek truth? A) Isolate from your friends and family. B) Isolate in nature and away from society. C) Isolate on an island with no people. D) Isolate with your husband or wife. 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