This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism Literature – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Literature Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In "The Raven, " which word is an example of repetition? A) Nepenthe. B) Quaff. C) Pallas. D) Nevermore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nevermore. 2. What happened in Thoreau's life that would be the catalyst for replanting trees around Walden pond? A) He accidentally burns down a cabin. B) He accidentally starts a forest fire that burns over 100 acres. C) His marriage fails. D) He chops down too many trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He accidentally starts a forest fire that burns over 100 acres. 3. What request does Henry make of Ellen? A) Teach at his school. B) To marry him. C) To go to church. D) To go out to dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To go to church. 4. Time Period of romanticism and transcendentalism? A) 1600-1660. B) 1700-1760. C) 1800-1860. D) 1900-1960. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1800-1860. 5. In order to better your life, Thoreau believes that one needs to ..... A) Be frittered away with details. B) Simplify, simplify!. C) Build your own cabin. D) First hit rock bottom as he did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simplify, simplify!. 6. Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" was written in order to express ..... that Thoreau hoped his readers would adopt. A) Political views. B) Religious views. C) Aphorisms. D) Paradoxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political views. 7. What famous essay did Ralph Waldo Emerson author? A) Walden. B) Where I Lived and What I Lived For. C) Self-Reliance. D) Mother Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-Reliance. 8. What is Emerson's nationality? A) British. B) Irish. C) Welsh. D) American. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American. 9. This type of irony occurs when readers know more about a situation or a character in the story than the characters do. A) Dramatic Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Verbal Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic Irony. 10. Characters of Gothic stories experience either ..... or ..... torment. A) Psychological; intellectual. B) Psychological; emotional. C) Physical; emotional. D) Physical; psychological. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physical; psychological. 11. What is the rhyme scheme for the poem "Dreams" ? Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly. A) AABB. B) ABAB. C) ABCB. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ABCB. 12. According to Thoreau, what kinds of lives do most people lead? A) Lives of quiet desperation. B) Lives of conformity. C) Lives of peace and happiness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lives of quiet desperation. 13. One aspect of Thoreau's style is to A) Begin a paragraph with a specific event. B) Avoid repetition of words. C) Follow each long sentence with a short sentence. D) As a series of rhetorical questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As a series of rhetorical questions. 14. Why is Bailey in jail? A) He fell asleep and the coal from his pipe lit a barn on fire. B) He fell asleep and was caught trespassing. C) He stole fruit from a farm. D) He was protesting against the owner of a barn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He fell asleep and the coal from his pipe lit a barn on fire. 15. Complete the quote from the story- "I went to the woods to live ..... " A) Simply. B) Alone. C) Deliberately. D) Hurriedly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deliberately. 16. In "The Ponds" , the author ventures into the forest to do what? A) Discover his inner self. B) Avoid paying taxes. C) Hide from the law. D) Find a secret treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discover his inner self. 17. Emerson's essay, "Self-Reliance, " elaborates on his belief in the importance of the ..... A) Passionate. B) Disobedient. C) Individual. D) Traveler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individual. 18. What does Walden Pond represent? A) Independence. B) Natural Beauty. C) Simplicity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. This type of irony occurs when someone states one thing and means another, and is often considered sarcastic in nature. A) Dramatic Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Verbal Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal Irony. 20. Steve Irwin is an example of what tenet? A) Oversoul. B) The importance of nature. C) Noncomformity. D) Free though. 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