This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main belief of transcendentalism? A) Individuals are greater than institutions. B) Logic is necessary for understanding. C) Churches are the only path to truth. D) Nature has no significance . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individuals are greater than institutions. 2. Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word abolition? A) An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior. B) An effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning. C) The action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution. D) The right to vote in political elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution. 3. In transcendentalism, what or who is most important? A) Man or society. B) Books or science. C) God or the Bible. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man or society. 4. Which of the following did Chris NOT do after graduating from university? A) Burned the cash in his wallet. B) Wrote a letter to his family explaining his plans. C) Donated all his money to charity. D) Abandoned his car and possessions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote a letter to his family explaining his plans. 5. What is the third basic premise of Transcendentalism? A) Nature symbolizes the spirit, and the world is good. B) Nature is the center of the universe. C) The world is a bad place and only nature makes it good. D) Knowledge of nature is the only knowledge that matters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature symbolizes the spirit, and the world is good. 6. Why does Emerson compare society to a joint-stock company? A) He wants to show how much people give up and how much society gives in return. B) He wants to show what people can gain by giving up individualism for the good of the community. C) He wants to show how much money rules our society and it's members. D) He wants to show how much people give up in order to fit in with society's standards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wants to show how much people give up in order to fit in with society's standards. 7. Which of these statements best reflects Thoreau's philosophy as expressed in Walden A) Living a simple life close to nature lets a person concentrate on important things. B) Humans are complex creatures. C) Building a cabin in the woods is practical and inexpensive. D) Wealth is desirable, but spiritual happiness is also important. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living a simple life close to nature lets a person concentrate on important things. 8. How many tenets are there? A) 15. B) 4. C) 7. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10. 9. Who was Emerson's student? A) Immanuel Kant. B) Walt Whitman. C) Bronson Alcott. D) Henry David Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry David Thoreau. 10. What does mean to be self-reliant? A) To follow society's norms. B) To only listen to your friends advice. C) To have confidence in oneself and intuition. D) To only listen to your parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To have confidence in oneself and intuition. 11. Which of Thoreau's philosophical assumptions is implicit in this statement from Walden? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. A) People should have a few close friends. B) People should live as individuals. C) People should appreciate music. D) People should behave as others do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People should live as individuals. 12. Transcendentalists valued the spiritual importance of ..... A) Laws. B) Church. C) Nature. D) Traveling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature. 13. Rationalist writers still saw man as inherently evil who needed to repent A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Which of the following quotes from Civil Disobedience represents the theme of nature? A) "Why does it not encourage its citizens to be on alert to point out is faults, and do better than it would have them?". B) "A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistable when it clogs by its whole weight.". C) "Let your life be a counter-friction to the machine.". D) "If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.". 15. The founder of the Transcendentalism Movement was? A) Ralph Waldo Emerson. B) Henry Waldo Emerson. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Ralph David Abernathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 16. "I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, ..... " A) Nature. B) Self Reliance. C) Walden. D) The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walden. 17. Which of the following statements best characterizes the Romantics? A) The Romantics believed that science, and the language of science were the ways to truth. B) The Romantics believed that people should rely on the authority and ideas of the past to arrive at truth. C) The Romantics believed intuition and emotion (imagination) were superior to reason. D) The Romantics focused their writings on the daily life and struggles of the new workers of the Industrial Revolution in an almost photographic way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Romantics believed intuition and emotion (imagination) were superior to reason. 18. What was the central idea of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance? A) Emerson's central idea was that he believed in the Over-Soul and you will have personal and spiritual freedom. B) In the text, Emerson introduces the idea that One must rely on their inner circle in order to find happiness within themselves. C) The central idea in the text clearly states that if you trust your abilities, then you will find success and love in every aspect of daily life. D) Emerson introduces the central idea that intellectual, spiritual, and material nourishment in one's life come through self-reliance or one's own efforts and abilities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emerson introduces the central idea that intellectual, spiritual, and material nourishment in one's life come through self-reliance or one's own efforts and abilities. 19. What was the whole reason for civil disobedience? A) Most societal laws inhibit greater moral freedom. B) You can not rely on others to make your decisions. C) The simpler your life, the better. D) Most societal laws increase moral freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most societal laws inhibit greater moral freedom. 20. They valued the spiritual importance of ..... A) Church. B) Nature. C) Priests. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nature. 21. In "Nature, " what element of nature does Emerson find particularly effective in inspiring deep respect and a sense of solitude? A) The stars. B) The flowers. C) The woodlands. D) The mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The stars. 22. Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in the year A) 1809. B) 1803. C) 1882. D) 1810. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1803. 23. Describe "Walden" Cabin A) Big, modern, stylish. B) Small, modern, useful. C) Medium, old school, vintage. D) Small, old school, vintage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Small, old school, vintage. 24. Which of the following describes Transcendentalist beliefs about how people should act? A) A person must try to emulate the thoughts and behaviors of the ancient Greeks and Romans. B) A person must strive to be a fully unique individual. C) A person must always question whether their actions best serve the needs of the community. D) People who do not follow social etiquette should be shunned from polite society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person must strive to be a fully unique individual. 25. Romanticism is the name for the literary period that followed ..... A) Transcendentalism. B) The Age of Reason. C) Puritanism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Age of Reason. 26. Emily Dickinson ..... A) Was famous after her death. B) Has never been famous. C) Was famous before her death. D) Had an ordinary life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was famous after her death. 27. How important is solitude at Walden cabin? A) Very important-to learn and observe. B) Somewhat important-to listen and grow. C) Not important-people can not survive without others. D) Pointless-easier to learn from others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Very important-to learn and observe. 28. Which of the following stylistic elements appears in all of Emily Dickinson's poems? A) The lack of title. B) The use of dashes. C) The use of eccentric capitalization. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 29. Read the following:The players who are wearing the red uniforms are winning the game. Which answer choice correctly identifies the correct clause with the proper explanation? A) Nonrestrictive clause:If we take out the clause, the original intent of the sentence doesn't change. The information is non essential. B) Restrictive clause:If we take out the clause, we won't know which players are winning the game. The information is essential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restrictive clause:If we take out the clause, we won't know which players are winning the game. The information is essential. 30. All of these are core ideas of transcendentalism EXCEPT A) There is a true reality that "transcends" the natural world. B) Nature is a doorway to the spiritual world. C) To be accepted as a transcendental, you have to live amongst nature and leave all worldly possessions behind. D) People will find truth within themselves, not through logic, religion or the senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be accepted as a transcendental, you have to live amongst nature and leave all worldly possessions behind. 31. Trancendentalism is a reformed version of the Unitarian religion. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. According to Transcendentalists, all people are born good. What makes people bad? A) Society. B) College. C) Religion. D) Matthew McConaughey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Society. 33. What Transcendentalist idea is the main part of Whitman's answer? A) Individualism. B) Civil Disobedience. C) Simplicity. D) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individualism. 34. Which Transcendentalist founded the women's rights movement in America? A) Margaret Fuller. B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. C) Elizabeth Palmer Peabody. D) Amos Bronson Alcott. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Margaret Fuller. 35. Opposed to optimistic views of Transcendentalism A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. C) Dark Romanticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark Romanticism. 36. To do something 'hastily' means to do it ..... A) Exactly. B) Carefully. C) Slowly. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quickly. 37. What did Thoreau believe about slavery? A) It was wrong. B) It was necessary for progress. C) It was irrelevant. D) It was controlled by reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was wrong. 38. Who was one of the main people that led the Transcendentalist movement? A) Emily Dickinson. B) Walt Whitman. C) Laronya' Williams. D) Ralph Waldo Emerson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 39. Movement that taught that man could get closer to God through nature A) Transcendentalism. B) Temperance. C) Abolitionism. D) 2nd Great Awakening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transcendentalism. 40. According to Transcendentalists, what did they believe permeated all living things? A) Consumerist tendencies. B) Individualistic thoughts. C) Divine spirit. D) Materialistic desires. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divine spirit. 41. The following quote states a central idea of Emerson's beliefs: "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist ..... Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind." A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 42. An important transcendentalist was ..... A) George Whitfield. B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. C) Sojourner Truth. D) John James Audubon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 43. Who and what text said "To be great is to be misunderstood." A) Emerson & Self-Reliance. B) Bryant & "Thanatopsis". C) Thoreau & Civil Disobedience. D) Emerson & Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emerson & Self-Reliance. 44. What did Emerson encourage through his writing and lecturing? A) Spirituality. B) Materialism. C) Individualism. D) Conformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individualism. 45. Ralph Waldo Emerson gave ..... credit for popularizing the term "transcendentalism." A) Immanuel Kant. B) Walt Whitman. C) Jean paul Sartre. D) Henry David Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immanuel Kant. 46. What did Plato argue about the physical world? A) It is the only reality. B) It contains perfect forms of ideals. C) It is an illusion. D) It is ever-changing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It contains perfect forms of ideals. 47. What transcendental idea is found in Nature? A) Interconnectedness with nature. B) Nonconformity. C) Solitude. D) Self-Reliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interconnectedness with nature. 48. To 'impart' means to ..... A) Communicate. B) Hide. C) Take apart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communicate. 49. "Sanctity" would BEST be associated with which of the following: A) A convenience store. B) A park. C) A religious place or concept. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A religious place or concept. 50. What does the author suggest about comparing yourself to others? A) Do not do it. B) It is a waste of time. C) It makes you worry for nothing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 51. Which of these suggests a meaning for Emerson's words from Nature: "In the woods is perpetual youth" ? A) People feel refreshed and young in the woods. B) The woods attracts those who don't like to grow up. C) Only young people like to walk in the woods. D) The natural world is found only in the woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People feel refreshed and young in the woods. 52. In which of the following is a character having an external conflict? A) She feels guilty after turning in a classmate for cheating. B) He is in danger of losing his starting position on the team because of the new player. C) He wills himself to keep running until he crosses the finishes line. D) She struggles to stay awake during the lecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is in danger of losing his starting position on the team because of the new player. 53. The transcendentalists were atheists. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. "Masses and moving shapes of shade, -" A) Old Ironsides. B) The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls. C) Thanatopsis. D) Paul Revere's Ride. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paul Revere's Ride. 55. What do the writings of transcendentalists say is the way to discover spirituality? A) Go to church. B) Connect to nature and look within yourself. C) Follow the laws of the land. D) Listen to music and read poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connect to nature and look within yourself. 56. Father of Transcendentalism A) Walden. B) Henry David Thoreau. C) Walt Whitman. D) Ralph Waldo Emerson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 57. Which of the following statements best describes the philosophy of Transcendentalism? A) A spiritual connection to nature, and an inherent belief in the positive power of the individual. B) A spiritual connection to nature, and an inherent mistrust in the power of the individual. C) A religious zeal for nature and a belief in the power of organized religion. D) A spiritual connection to both nature and the study of history. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A spiritual connection to nature, and an inherent belief in the positive power of the individual. 58. Escapism and interest in external nature are examples of which literary movement? A) Transcendentalism. B) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transcendentalism. 59. Old Chicago is our favorite restaurant which is why we go there often. A) Comma after favorite. B) No commas. C) Comma after why. D) Comma after restaurant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma after restaurant. 60. A community of people who share a common culture A) Group. B) Society. C) Individual. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Society. ← 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