Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 20 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which movement or group is best described as being overly religious?
2. How did the raven get into the house?
3. Wrote "Self-Reliance" and created the idea of Transcendentalism.
4. What was the abolition movement?
5. Complete the following quote: "To be great is to be ..... "
6. This main idea is about connecting to the world around you and using that to understand yourself.
7. In "I Hear America Singing, " Whitman employs ..... to express the variety of people that make up America.Eg:"The carpenter singing ..... The mason singing ..... The boatman singing ..... " (397)
8. Which is NOT one of Ralph Waldo Emerson's noted writings?
9. Define:Visually descriptive or figurative language
10. What is society compared to in "Self-Reliance" ?
11. What is the purpose of a science article about grasshoppers?
12. Who was the minister that spoke widely about the evils of alcohol?
13. According to "Nature, " where should a person go to be alone?
14. Which is most like Thoreau?
15. What punctuation feature is unique to Emily Dickinson's poem "The Soul Selects Her Own Society? "
16. Transcendentalism is part of what literary era?
17. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? Twinkle, twinkle little starhow I wonder what you are.Up above the world so highlike a diamond in the sky.
18. Citing a study done by a university is an appeal to .....
19. While Transcendentalists focus on nature and man's capacity for good, Gothic works often feature .....
20. What was the political party founded by nativists in 1849?