This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Transcendentalists were a group of writers, artists, and reformers who believed all of the following EXCEPT: A) The individual was at the center of the universe and more powerful than any institution except for religious institutions. B) Institutions corrupted political freedoms. C) Do not let society corrupt your beliefs. Be yourself. D) The "Over-Soul" is the universal spirit which all beings return after death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The individual was at the center of the universe and more powerful than any institution except for religious institutions. 2. "There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power ..... " This quote is an example of ..... A) Intuition over Reason. B) Self-Reliance. C) Simplified Life. D) The Importance of Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-Reliance. 3. The tool by which authors create vivid descriptions, prevalent in Whitman's poetry A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Imagery. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 4. Which of the themes is reflected in the following quote from Civil Disobedience? "Must the citizen ever for a moment ..... resign his conscience to the legislator?" A) Justice. B) Conscience. C) Paradox. D) Obedience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conscience. 5. The phrase " "I went into the woods to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life. And see if I could not learn what it had to teach. And not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived" " is a quote from which text? A) Nature. B) "Thanatopsis". C) Civil Disobedience. D) Where I lived and What I Loved For. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where I lived and What I Loved For. 6. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Who Wrote This A) Emerson. B) Poe. C) Irving. D) Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thoreau. 7. Which of the following was mostly made up of pamphlets, speeches, and essays? A) Enlightenment. B) Native Americans. C) Puritans. D) Transcendentalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enlightenment. 8. Which of the following does NOT describe Emerson? A) Philosopher. B) Poet. C) Writer. D) Musician. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Musician. 9. Gothic Literature is part of the Romantic movement. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile. Who Wrote This A) Thoreau. B) Irving. C) Emerson. D) Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emerson. 11. When the author stands in nature, he ..... A) Feels like he doesn't matter. B) Realizes it's a part of him. C) Gets lost in it. D) Feels intimidated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gets lost in it. 12. Who said this: "You got it dude" A) Margaret Fuller. B) Michelle Tanner. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Ralph Waldo Emerson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Michelle Tanner. 13. Which writer built a tiny house in the woods and gave birth to early conservation efforts? A) Thoreau. B) Dickinson. C) Emerson. D) Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thoreau. 14. Which is the best synonym for satire? A) Parody. B) Hostility. C) Sadness. D) Ridicule. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ridicule. 15. How does Emerson feel about the ownership of nature? A) He thinks that it is wrong for men to attempt to own nature by owning land. B) He thinks that people can enjoy nature but never truly posses it. C) He is envious of the men who can afford to own a portion of nature by owning land. D) He thinks that the only true owners of nature are poets as they understand nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He thinks that people can enjoy nature but never truly posses it. 16. How does Emerson define "genius" ? A) To have all of the knowledge in the world. B) To believe your own thoughts and follow your intuition. C) To practice generosity. D) To become acquainted with the natural world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To believe your own thoughts and follow your intuition. 17. Which best describes Whitman's disposition? A) He has a big ego and cares for no one but himself. B) Insecure and anxiety-ridden. C) Supremely confident and welcoming to all. D) Selfish and unfriendly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supremely confident and welcoming to all. 18. Transcendentalism occurred during the set of the following years: A) 1720-1770. B) 1770-1820. C) 1820-1870. D) 1870-1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1820-1870. 19. Which of the following terms means "to rise above or beyond; exceed" ? A) Oversoul. B) Intuition. C) Transcend. D) Humanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transcend. 20. Which historical events was NOT going on during this time period? A) Industrial revolution. B) Slavery. C) Smallpox epidemic. D) Immigration from Europe. 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