This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism Literature – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is one of the main ideas of Transcendentalism. It is what you do when you think for yourself. A) Self-Reliance. B) Free Thought. C) Confidence. D) Importance of Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-Reliance. 2. Who said "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think." ? A) Emerson. B) Thoreau. C) Byron. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emerson. 3. What does the Transcendentalist belief of Self-Reliance focus on? A) People should depend on themselves and their own minds. B) People should depend on their country for support. C) People should depend on friends for support. D) People should not live in isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People should depend on themselves and their own minds. 4. "The little waves with their soft, white hands" is an example of what literary device? A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 5. The movie, "Avatar" is an example of what tenet? A) Importance of nature. B) Confidence. C) Oversoul. D) Free thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Importance of nature. 6. What should be included in the 2nd sentence? A) List 3 ways the author supports the main idea. B) Author's intended audience. C) Title, author, genre + main idea. D) Purpose/ motive:why the author is writing this . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) List 3 ways the author supports the main idea. 7. This poet used word parings to emphasize the sacred quality to common, everyday life A) Walt Whitman. B) Emily Dickinson. C) Ralph Emerson. D) Henry Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walt Whitman. 8. In the minds of transcendalists, who was at the center of the universe, more powerful than any institution, whether politcal or religous? A) The Church. B) Emerson. C) The Individual. D) Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Individual. 9. What items does Thoreau have in his cabin? A) Bed, Desk, 2 Chairs and fireplace. B) Refrigerator. C) 2 couches and a loveseat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bed, Desk, 2 Chairs and fireplace. 10. A famous female writer during the Transcendentalist movement was A) Margaret Simpson. B) Margaret Atwood. C) Emily Dickenson. D) Melissa Elliott. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emily Dickenson. 11. The Transcendentalists believed that: A) Nature was a scary place. B) Human madness was frequently found among most people. C) Humans were essentially good. D) Thinking was better than feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humans were essentially good. 12. According to Emerson, why are geniuses like Jesus or Newton misunderstood? A) Because Society rejects them for their uniqueness. B) Because they committed heinous crimes. C) Because they were just like everyone else. D) Because their ideas were similar in nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because Society rejects them for their uniqueness. 13. What value does the "News" have in the world of Walden? A) Very important-to find out information. B) Somewhat important-to know of the world. C) Important to learn about other people. D) Not important-a waste of time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not important-a waste of time. 14. In Longfellow's poem, "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" ..... "The little waves with their soft, white hands" is an example of what literary device? A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 15. The movie, "Castaway" is an example of the transcendental tenet A) Noncomfority. B) Self-Reliance. C) Confidence. D) Free Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-Reliance. 16. From "Self-Reliance":Whoso would be a man must also be what? A) A peaceful person. B) An intelligent person. C) A nonconformist. D) A a genius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A nonconformist. 17. "O Captain! My Captain!"One extended metaphor in the poem is the comparison of A) A journey to a ship's deck. B) A ship to the country. C) A captain to a ship. D) A captain to a victory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A ship to the country. 18. This is a distinct form of a language as it is spoken in one geographical area or by a particular social or ethnic group. A) Dialect. B) Speech. C) Bilingual. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialect. 19. Which of the following preferred intuition over reason? A) Puritan. B) Native American. C) American Gothic. D) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transcendentalism. 20. What does this quote from Emerson mean? A) People should spend more time with friends than alone. B) People need to balance spending time alone and with others. C) Even though it's impractical people should be alone. D) It's important to be practical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People need to balance spending time alone and with others. ← 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