This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism Literature – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Civil Disobedience how does he support his view that government is abused by powerful individuals? A) He analyzes the the structure of the government. B) He alludes to several corrupt Massachusetts politicians. C) He cites examples of unpopular war. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He cites examples of unpopular war. 2. What was the opposition of Anti-Transcendentalism? A) Transcendentalism. B) Enlightenment. C) Reason. D) Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transcendentalism. 3. Who is considered the "father" of Transcendentalism? (He is the author of "Nature" .) A) Henry David Thoreau. B) Margaret Fuller. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) Robin Williams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 4. Transcendentalism ended because of the persistence of A) War. B) Suffrage. C) Slavery. D) Hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slavery. 5. Emily Dickinson's poetry is known for her use of ..... A) Colons and question marks. B) Commas and periods. C) Dashes and capitalization. D) Hyphens and semicolons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dashes and capitalization. 6. Why did Henry David Thoreau drop out of Harvard? A) Take care of his brother. B) Had to serve jail time. C) Health issues. D) Wife died. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Health issues. 7. What would Thoreau say about this picture? A) Simplification is overrated. B) He loves congestion. C) He loves cars. D) Simplify, simplify!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simplify, simplify!. 8. Another one of the 3 stressed ideas when you are taught to look for the good A) Confidence. B) Importance of Nature. C) Self-Reliance. D) Optimism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Optimism. 9. Which of these isn't a central belief of Transcendentalism? A) People must go to school to learn. B) God is in nature and all people. C) People should be themselves. D) Life is about being curious and learning from feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People must go to school to learn. 10. Define:To Strive to Go Above the Norm A) Panthesist. B) Religion. C) Transcendentalism. D) Spirituality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transcendentalism. 11. Which of the following is a characteristic of both Romanticism and Dark Romanticism? A) Nature can be scary and deadly. B) Humans are essentially turbulent and madness is a potential state of any mind. C) Humans are essentially good. D) Nature is mysterious and amazing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nature is mysterious and amazing. 12. Transcendentalists believe that modern education is corrupting ..... A) Knowledge. B) Individualism. C) Society. D) Careers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Individualism. 13. Who was Thoreau's mentor? A) Bronson Alcott. B) Henry David. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 14. What machine did Henry invent? A) To make mechanical pencils. B) Sharpener. C) Pencil maker. D) Improve pencils. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Improve pencils. 15. Which of the following is not an idea of transcendentalism? A) Self-reliance. B) Reason. C) Freedom. D) Optimism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reason. 16. What were experimental communities that tried to create a perfect society? A) Tenement communities. B) Utopian communities. C) Temperance movement. D) Common-school movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Utopian communities. 17. Why is Henry David Thoreau in jail? A) He burned down a barn. B) He flogged his students. C) He stole fruit from a farmer. D) He didn't pay his taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He didn't pay his taxes. 18. Margaret Fuller was all of the following except: A) Women's Rights advocate. B) Transcendentalist. C) Femenist. D) Romanticist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romanticist. 19. What is the tone of the following section? Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly! A) Calm. B) Scary. C) Annoyed. D) Excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Excited. 20. Wrote "Nature" and created the idea of Transcendentalism. A) Margret Fuller. B) Henry David Thoreau. C) Bronson Alcott. D) Ralph Waldo Emerson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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