This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism Literature – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was Thoreau's main purpose in writing Walden? A) To describe. B) To entertain. C) To persuade. D) To complain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To describe. 2. How long does a person with the Red Death have to live? A) 1 hour. B) 30 minutes. C) 1 hour and 30 minutes. D) 45 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 30 minutes. 3. This author, started Transcendentalism, by inviting various authors into his private study as they discussed these transcendent ideals. A) Walt Whitman. B) Emily Dickinson. C) Ralph Emerson. D) Henry Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ralph Emerson. 4. What was Thoreau arrested for? A) Stealing land. B) Slander. C) Tax Evasion. D) Assault. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tax Evasion. 5. Why did Henry David Thoreau choose to spend two years in a cabin? A) To contemplate himself and the world. B) Because he was trying to escape his social anxieties. C) To rely completely on nature. D) To earn money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To contemplate himself and the world. 6. What is the philosophy of transcendentalism? A) Connect with nature. B) Spend more time in urban society. C) Write long journal entries. D) Meditate until you are one with God. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connect with nature. 7. In Into the Wild, why did "Alex" leave his home after college? A) He wanted to live without the trappings of his middle-class upbringing. B) He heard Alaska was full of opportunities. C) He wanted to open his own business. D) He felt he learned nothing in college. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wanted to live without the trappings of his middle-class upbringing. 8. A new social class, the ....., occupied a social and economic level between the wealthy and the poor. A) Nativists. B) Transcendentalist. C) Middle class. D) Immigrants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Middle class. 9. VocabularyDefinition:calm, quiet, still A) Aversion. B) Chaos. C) Tranquil. D) Absolve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tranquil. 10. How long has Henry's cellmate been imprisoned? A) 2 years. B) 3 months. C) 1 night. D) 6 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 months. 11. Where did Thoreau meet Emerson? A) Cambridge University. B) Harvard University. C) Oxford University. D) The Transcendentalist Club. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harvard University. 12. "Walden" is what? A) A book written by Emerson about the natural beauty of Walden Pond. B) A poem written by Thoreau about nature. C) An essay written by Fuller about Transcendentalist values. D) A journal about the two years Thoreau spent living alone in nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A journal about the two years Thoreau spent living alone in nature. 13. According to Thoreau a good way to spread reform is through A) Newspapers. B) Magazines. C) Billboards. D) Commercials. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newspapers. 14. What is an important symbol in "Song of Myself? " A) A grasshopper. B) A leaf of grass. C) A pencil. D) A flag. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A leaf of grass. 15. This idea is when someone stands out from the crowd and does not go along with what society wants him or her to do. A) Free Thought. B) Nonconformity. C) Importance of Nature. D) Self-Reliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonconformity. 16. What does a transcendentalist adopt? A) Simpler lives. B) Socialism. C) Spiritual doctrine. D) Whole connection of spiritual doctrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whole connection of spiritual doctrine. 17. Who wrote The Scarlet Letter & The House of Seven Gables A) Bronson Alcott. B) Henry Thoreau. C) Ralph Emerson. D) Nathaniel Hawthorne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nathaniel Hawthorne. 18. Pathos is ..... A) An appeal to emotion or feeling. B) An appeal to ethics or trust. C) An appeal to logic or evidence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An appeal to emotion or feeling. 19. Who did Emerson inspire to put the movement into action? A) Martin Luther King Jr. B) Margaret Fuller. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Mahatma Gahndi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry David Thoreau. 20. He is noted for saying "to be great is to be misunderstood" and "whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist." A) Henry David Thoreau. B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. C) Frederick Douglass. D) Martin Luther King, Jr. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. ← 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