Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 7 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which one of the following statements best states one of Emerson's philosophies?

Correct Answer: D) Be true to yourself.

2. Look at the following line. "The tide rises, the tide falls. "This line uses:

Correct Answer: A) Repetition.

3. "Civil Disobedience" ContentWhat situation caused Thoreau to write "Civil Disobedience" ?

Correct Answer: C) The Mexican War.

4. This author was a disciple of of Emerson, and tested his ideas by living by Walden's pond for 3 months in a cabin.

Correct Answer: D) Henry Thoreau.

5. On what day and year did Thoreau move to Walden?

Correct Answer: D) Independence Day 1845.

6. Who co-founded "The Dial" ?

Correct Answer: C) Emerson and Fuller.

7. How does "Civil Disobedience" reflect ideas of Transcendentalism?

Correct Answer: A) The individual can judge the government's actions.

8. According to Thoreau, who/what should be governing people?

Correct Answer: B) Men's conscience.

9. Which set does NOT contain key words describing the SIX TENETS of Transcendentalism?

Correct Answer: D) Predestination and Conventionality.

10. Who was the author of the MAJORITY of the works we read in the Gothic Literature unit?

Correct Answer: C) Edgar Allan Poe.

11. He believed "that government is best which governs least."

Correct Answer: A) Henry David Thoreau.

12. Which of the following is NOT an essential value of Transcendentalism?

Correct Answer: C) Rationalism.

13. Who was an eighth generation, Harvard educated minister?

Correct Answer: B) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

14. According to EMerson, when you go into the woods you

Correct Answer: A) Forget fear.

15. VocabularyDefinition:to clear of guilt or blame

Correct Answer: D) Absolve.

16. In what area of the United States did this movement mostly take place?

Correct Answer: D) New England.

17. Which of these does NOT drive the pace and rhythm of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" (467)?

Correct Answer: D) Personification.

18. When Emerson says "Society is a joint-stock company securing bread to the eater" he is using which poetic device?

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

19. In Longfellow's poem, "The Tide Rises the Tide Falls" what do the waves do to the traveler's footprints?

Correct Answer: B) They wash them away.

20. To describe by comparing two things using "like" or "as" .

Correct Answer: A) Simile.