This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism Literature – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Civil Disobedience" is an essay by Thoreau that inspired: A) Passive resistance. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Martin Luther King Jr. D) All three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All three. 2. What time period was Anti-Transcendentalism? A) 1870s-1890s. B) 1830s-1850s. C) 1900s-1920s. D) 1820s-1840s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1830s-1850s. 3. Emerson and the Transcendentalists worked to define ..... and ..... in a new way. A) Religion; spirituality. B) Industry; success. C) Work; power. D) Change; literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Religion; spirituality. 4. What was "The Dial" ? A) The Transcendental Bible. B) A manner of meditation to help one connect with one's intuition. C) The tool naturalists used to tell the time according to the sun. D) A literary journal for Transcendentalist thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A literary journal for Transcendentalist thought. 5. How many sentences does a rhetorical precis contain? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 6. According to Emerson, what is "Self-Reliance? " A) Depending on others to help you find your purpose. B) Trusting in society to make you an individual. C) Trusting in yourself and being happy with your work. D) Joining a church. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trusting in yourself and being happy with your work. 7. What philosophy does Thoreau express in this statement: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer." A) Love of nature. B) Lack of materialism. C) Individualism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individualism. 8. Transcendentalists refused to obey laws they felt were unjust. What is that called? A) Civil disobedience. B) Self-reliance. C) Simplicity. D) Spirituality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Civil disobedience. 9. What was the temperance movement? A) Movement to encourage people to vote. B) Movement that encouraged people to go to church. C) Movement that encouraged people not to fight government. D) Movement that encouraged people not to drink alcohol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movement that encouraged people not to drink alcohol. 10. The transcendentalist believed that A) Humans are born a blank slate. B) Humans are born with a sinful nature. C) Humans are born basically good. D) Humans are boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humans are born basically good. 11. This is a brief statement, usually one sentence long, that expresses a general principle or truth about life. A) Paradox. B) Aphorism. C) Metaphor. D) Ironic Statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphorism. 12. What did the dark romantics focus on as subject matter? A) How nature is comforting. B) The twisted inner workings of the human mind. C) The beauty of the spiritual realm. D) Sordid love stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The twisted inner workings of the human mind. 13. What should be included in the 1st sentence? A) List of 3 ways the author supports their main idea. B) Author's intended audience. C) Title, author, genre, + main idea. D) Author's purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Title, author, genre, + main idea. 14. Transcendentalism and Dark Romanticism were part of what movement in American literary history? A) The American Renaissance. B) American Puritanism. C) The American Enlightenment. D) American Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The American Renaissance. 15. Who was the founding father of Transcendentalism? A) Thoreau. B) Whitman. C) Emerson. D) Waldo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emerson. 16. When Pablo Neruda writes "Ode to Walt Whitman" (a Transcendentalist to the core), he is creating a(n) ..... scenario. A) Ironic. B) Satirical. C) Paradoxical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ironic. 17. In the essay "Civil Disobedience" Thoreau calls the American government a "wooden gun, " which is ..... A) A symbol of war. B) A symbol for firearms. C) A metaphor for a lack of power. D) An analogy comparing guns to toys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A metaphor for a lack of power. 18. Transcendentalism was a social reform movement that valued ..... over Society. A) Unity. B) Government. C) Individuality. D) Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individuality. 19. If your life is a counter-friction to the machine, you are A) Giving up your life to stop injustice. B) Giving up your livilihood to stop injustice. C) Giving up your beliefs to stop injustice. D) Living by example. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living by example. 20. VocabularyDefinition:disorder of matter and space A) Alacrity. B) Tranquil. C) Aversion. D) Chaos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chaos. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesTranscendentalism Literature Quiz 1Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 2Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 3Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 4Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 6Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 7Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 8Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 9Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books