This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which characteristic of Transcendentalism means "depending on one's own power and resources instead of those of others?" (RI.9-10.4) A) Nonconformity. B) Self-Reliance. C) Free Thought. D) Importance of Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-Reliance. 2. Where should the commas be?Eminem went to the pet store which was a block from his house to pick up a squeaky toy for his puppy. A) After "pet" and "his". B) After "store" and "his". C) After "store" and "house". D) After "store" and "toy". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After "store" and "house". 3. This key Transcendentalist was a minister-turned-philosopher and mentor to Henry David Thoreau A) Walt Whitman. B) Margaret Fuller. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 4. Who is often referred to as the founding father of Transcendentalism? A) Elizabeth Palmer Peabody. B) Amos Bronson Alcott. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) Margaret Fuller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 5. What does the word philosophy mean? A) A thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning. B) The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline. C) Of or according to the rules of logic or formal argument. D) The world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline. 6. Which one of the four answers is NOT a characteristic of Transcendentalism? A) Nonconformity. B) Self-Reliance. C) Hard Work. D) Free Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hard Work. 7. This author was targeted by Edgar Allen Poe and accused of plagiarism, claiming that this author just "copied the Europeans, " which makes sense because this author spent several years in Europe. A) Longfellow. B) Emerson. C) Nathaniel Hawthorne. D) Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longfellow. 8. Who were two important transcendentalists? A) Mohandas K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. B) Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. C) Cesar Chavez and Henry David Thoreau. D) Ralph Waldo Emerson and Martin Luther King Jr. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. 9. What did transcendentalists believe about nature? A) It had no significance. B) It was the source of all evil. C) It was the key to self-knowledge. D) It should be avoided . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the key to self-knowledge. 10. Another word for 'opinion' is ..... A) Conviction. B) Dream. C) Fact. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conviction. 11. Which characteristic of Transcendentalism means "a focus on the connection between humans and the natural world, highlighting how we are all connected?" (RI.9-10.4) A) Nonconformity. B) Self-Reliance. C) Free Thought. D) Importance of Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Importance of Nature. 12. According to "Self Reliance", the best way to live is by ..... A) Putting our heart and soul into everything we do. B) Trying to discover new inventions. C) Attempting to understand the divine idea that God created. D) Living a happy and calm life with friends that are geniuses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Putting our heart and soul into everything we do. 13. Which characteristic of Transcendentalism means "the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone/something, certainty in one's abilities?" (RI.9-10.4) A) Nonconformity. B) Self-Reliance. C) Importance of Nature. D) Confidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confidence. 14. Who lived in the woods for two years and wrote Walden? A) Henry David Thoreau. B) Emily Dickinson. C) George Clooney. D) Arthur Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry David Thoreau. 15. What does he mean "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps he hears a different drummer." A) Love of nature. B) Emphasis on simplicity. C) Individualism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individualism. 16. 'Bestow' means ..... A) Take from. B) Award to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Award to. 17. Transcendentalism was the philosophical and literary movement focusing on ..... A) Seeking spirituality through intuition & nature. B) Seeking spirituality through logic & science. C) Seeking inspiration through intuition & nature. D) Seeking inspiration through logic & science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seeking spirituality through intuition & nature. 18. Which of the following is NOT a tenet of Transcendentalism? A) Connecting With Nature. B) Nonconformity/Free Thought. C) Materialism. D) Self-Reliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Materialism. 19. Which one of these is NOT generally considered to be perennial? A) Some flowers. B) Seasons in certain parts of the country. C) Vacations. D) Holidays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vacations. 20. The refusal to obey a rule or law A) Compliance. B) Disobedience. C) Oppression. D) Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disobedience. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesTranscendentalism Quiz 1Transcendentalism Quiz 2Transcendentalism Quiz 3Transcendentalism Quiz 4Transcendentalism Quiz 5Transcendentalism Quiz 6Transcendentalism Quiz 7Transcendentalism Quiz 8Transcendentalism Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books