Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 15 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these statements best characterized the central idea of "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson?

Correct Answer: B) Rely on your own instincts.

2. What was NOT among the social reform goals of the 19th century?

Correct Answer: D) Child labor laws.

3. What is the name of the newspaper that Thoreau was the leader of?

Correct Answer: C) The Dial.

4. Why was it hard for Ralph Waldo to concentrate at Harvard?

Correct Answer: C) Wife died.

5. Logos is .....

Correct Answer: B) An appeal to logic or evidence.

6. The Hudson River School artists were influenced by the?

Correct Answer: C) Natural landscape of the United States.

7. Both essays "Self-Reliance" and "Civil Disobedience" stress the importance of

Correct Answer: A) Believing in yourself.

8. This poet lived a secluded life and her poetry was not published until after her death against her will.

Correct Answer: B) Emily Dickinson.

9. What does Emerson mean when he refers to "the shot heard round the world" ?

Correct Answer: A) The American Revolution had far-reaching interest and effect.

10. According to Emerson who demands conformity?

Correct Answer: D) Society.

11. Emerson writes, "A man is relieved a gay when he has done which of the following?

Correct Answer: A) Done his best.

12. What does Henry teach Bailey?

Correct Answer: B) How to write his name.

13. Fill in the blank:..... > Society.

Correct Answer: B) Individualism.

14. Followers of the Transcendentalist movement are characterized by all of the following except:

Correct Answer: B) Negativity.

15. Where was Thoreau jailed?

Correct Answer: A) Concord.

16. Who was the American Poet best known for his poetry collection Leaves of Grass?

Correct Answer: C) Walt Whitman.

17. Transcendentalism "grew" out of which other movement?

Correct Answer: A) Romanticism.

18. According to Emerson, what is the "hobgoblin of little minds" ?

Correct Answer: A) Consistency.

19. Civil Disobedience is best defined as

Correct Answer: B) Peaceful Protest.

20. Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" is .....

Correct Answer: C) A citizen's call to action.