This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism Literature – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Transcendentalism is NOT A) A religion. B) A literary movement. C) A philosophy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A religion. 2. What is an important theme in "Song of Myself? " A) Darkness and Destruction. B) Unity and Democracy. C) Power and Authority. D) Money and Wealth Accumulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unity and Democracy. 3. VocabularyDefinition:lasting forever A) Aversion. B) Conviction. C) Tranquil. D) Perpetual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perpetual. 4. Which of the following authors was NOT a dark romantic writer? A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Washington Irving. C) William Shakespeare. D) Herman Melville. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Shakespeare. 5. In "Civil Disobedience" what does Thoreau ask for instead of no government all at once? A) A better government. B) An honest politician. C) Increased and better commerce. D) An end to unjust taxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A better government. 6. Which of the following is America's preeminent Gothic author? A) Emerson. B) Thoreou. C) Longfellow. D) Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poe. 7. Inspired Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ghandi A) Emerson. B) Alcott. C) Fuller. D) Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thoreau. 8. Which of the following did Transcendentalists NOT like/appreciate? A) Nature. B) Formal Education. C) Childlike Innocence. D) Intuition & Imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formal Education. 9. ..... wrote Walden. A) Ralph Waldo Emerson. B) Walt Whitman. C) Bronson Alcott. D) Henry David Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry David Thoreau. 10. Which of the following was NOT a Transcendentalist? A) Ralph Waldo Emerson. B) Henry David Thoreau. C) Bronson Alcott. D) Jonathon Edwards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jonathon Edwards. 11. Who was not a prominent Anti-Transcendentalist author during this time period? A) T.S Elliot. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Herman Melville. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T.S Elliot. 12. Which one of these is not a tenet of transcendentalism? A) Uniformity. B) Non-conformity. C) Free thought. D) Self reliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uniformity. 13. What was happening during this time period? A) Invention of Airplanes. B) The Louisiana Purchase. C) Buying Alaska. D) French and Indian War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Louisiana Purchase. 14. Why did Thoreau live close to Walden Pond for two years? A) To reconnect with nature. B) To re-evaluate his way of living. C) To escape the pressures of society. D) To write a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To re-evaluate his way of living. 15. "Civil Disobedience" is written by A) Emerson. B) Thoreau. C) Whitman. D) Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thoreau. 16. VocabularyDefinition:strong belief A) Conviction. B) Perpetual. C) Chaos. D) Absolve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conviction. 17. Who was a supporter of women's rights movement who helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention; co-founder of Woman Suffrage Association? A) Margaret Fuller. B) Harriet Tubman. C) Elizabeth Cady Stanton. D) Catharine Beecher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 18. A famous collection of essays by Emerson was titled ..... A) Self-Awareness. B) Self-Reliance. C) Self-Taught. D) Self-Esteem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-Reliance. 19. Wrote "The American Scholar" and "Self-Reliance" A) Margaret Fuller. B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Benjamin Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 20. What does Emerson call "the hobgoblin of little minds" ? That is, what makes unintelligent people comfortable remaining unintelligent? A) Consistency. B) Society. C) Cowardice. D) Conspiracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consistency. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesTranscendentalism Literature Quiz 1Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 2Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 3Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 4Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 5Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 6Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 7Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 8Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books