This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism Literature – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who opposed strict ritualism and Dogma? A) Romanticists. B) Poets. C) Transcendentalists. D) Modernists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transcendentalists. 2. What actions of Thoreau parallel those of Emerson? A) They both quit their jobs. B) They both pay taxes. C) They both get married. D) They both are arrested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They both quit their jobs. 3. "His heart was as cold as ice" is an example of a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. The Father of American Transcendentalism is ..... A) Henry David Thoreau. B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. C) David Lee Roth. D) Alfred E Neuman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 5. Which sentence will you write about the overall tone and intended audience of the piece? A) First (1). B) Second (2). C) Third (3). D) Fourth (4). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fourth (4). 6. One of the tenets of Transcendentalism. It is when you do things for yourself. A) Self-Reliance. B) Free Thought. C) Confidence. D) Importance of Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-Reliance. 7. Which is NOT a tenet of TRANSCENDENTALISM? A) Reason over Intuition. B) Self Reliance. C) Simplified Life. D) Non Comformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reason over Intuition. 8. Which tenet does this picture represent? A) Nonconformity. B) Importance of nature. C) Free thought. D) Self-reliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-reliance. 9. What is the purpose of an for Nike? A) To entertain an audience. B) To persuade customers to buy shoes. C) To inform the public about athletics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To persuade customers to buy shoes. 10. Which of the following people is mentioned in "Self-Reliance" to have been misunderstood? A) President Abraham Lincoln. B) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. C) Jesus. D) Tupac. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jesus. 11. The establishment that early Transcendentalists warned against was A) Government. B) Religion. C) Society and social institutions. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Society and social institutions. 12. What values did Emerson and Thoreau share? A) Living simply and being true to one's self. B) Material things. C) Being kind. D) Being social. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living simply and being true to one's self. 13. Who wrote "On Education" ? A) Walt Whitman. B) Emily Dickinson. C) Emerson. D) Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emerson. 14. What does this image represent? A) Social Reform. B) Simpicity. C) Non-conformity. D) Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-conformity. 15. What is a major event that occurred during this time period? A) Gold Rush. B) Mass immigration. C) World War ll. D) Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold Rush. 16. According to Thoreau a good way to form a peaceable revolution is to A) Run against a sitting politician. B) Sow your fields. C) Refuse to pay taxes. D) Pledge allegiance to the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refuse to pay taxes. 17. American Romanticism lasted from about ..... A) 1600-1660. B) 1700-1760. C) 1800-1860. D) 1900-1960. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1800-1860. 18. How does Thoreau show his appreciation and respect for his surroundings in "Walden" ? A) He personifies "Nature.". B) He talks to plant life. C) He wishes he were back in his city apartment. D) He says it is "not life.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He personifies "Nature.". 19. What did Transcendentalism come as a response to? A) Romanticism. B) Dark Romanticism. C) Modernism. D) Rationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rationalism. 20. According to Emerson's "from Nature" , going into nature has what effect? A) People are able to lose all sense of time. B) Generation after generation has enjoyed nature. C) All worries, fears, and even thoughts of class system disappears. D) Relaxation and happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All worries, fears, and even thoughts of class system disappears. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesTranscendentalism Literature Quiz 1Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 2Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 3Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 4Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 5Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 7Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 8Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 9Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books