This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the selection from "Self-Reliance, " what purpose is most likely served by mentioning Socrates, Jesus, and Galileo? A) To encourage readers to learn about historical figures. B) To illustrate the idea that individuals are often misunderstood. C) To question these figures' practical contribution to society. D) To suggest that these people would all agree with the author's philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To illustrate the idea that individuals are often misunderstood. 2. In the poem "Song of Myself", in what line does Whitman most clearly describe a belief in the positive influence of nature? A) I celebrate myself, and sing myself. B) I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin. C) I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy. D) I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy. 3. This Transcendentalist was an advocate for women's rights and disagreed with the concept that men's and women's domains were to be separate. A) Margaret Fuller. B) Emily Dickinson. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Margaret Fuller. 4. According to the Transcendentalists, the way to discover spirituality is by ..... (RI.10.10) A) Looking inwards and connecting to nature to discover one's true self. B) Listening to what your parents say and following the rules. C) Going to church every Wednesday and Sunday. D) Listening to music and reading poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking inwards and connecting to nature to discover one's true self. 5. Philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature, personal emotion, and imagination A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. C) Industrialization. D) Modernization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transcendentalism. 6. Which one of the following do people NOT cultivate? A) Gardens. B) Relationships. C) Monster trucks. D) Minds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monster trucks. 7. What is the central theme of Self-Reliance? A) Blend in and be a nobody. B) Keep up with constant styles so you can always fit in with society. C) Embrace individuality; don't conform to society's standards. D) Listen to only your friends' opinions; they know what is best. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Embrace individuality; don't conform to society's standards. 8. When it comes to unjust laws, Thoreau believes ..... A) We should accept that they are a natural part of life. B) We should not wait for other people to challenge them. C) We should ask the government to change them. D) We should collectively come together to challenge them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We should not wait for other people to challenge them. 9. According to Nature, what does Emerson say that people regain when they enter the natural world? A) Questions and answers. B) Reason and faith. C) Mosquito bites and heat rash. D) Hope and security. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reason and faith. 10. Who was the lone female member of the transcendentalist club? A) Margaret Fuller. B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) John Locke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Margaret Fuller. 11. Which answer choice demonstrates the best way to combine the following sentences? The oranges have been sitting on the table for a week. They are starting to look brown. A) The oranges, which have been sitting on the table for a week, are starting to look brown. B) The oranges which have been sitting on the table for a week are starting to look brown. C) For a week the oranges have been on the table sitting, which are starting to look brown. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The oranges, which have been sitting on the table for a week, are starting to look brown. 12. Who is tge father of Free-verse Poetry? A) Walt Whitman. B) Walt Disney. C) John Walker. D) Dwayne Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walt Whitman. 13. Why don't Transcendentalists like this animal? A) Sheep are not considered religious symbols. B) Sheep don't think for themselves. C) Sheep committed war crimes in former Yugoslavia. D) Sheep eat all the crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheep don't think for themselves. 14. What rhetorical device is being used in the following quote? "Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood?" A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Rhetorical Question. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical Question. 15. Who was the teacher and mentor of Henry David Thoreau? A) No teacher/self-taught. B) Dickinson. C) Emerson. D) Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emerson. 16. "Nature OVER.....' A) Reason. B) Feeling. C) All. D) Individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All. 17. What is individualism? A) Being part of a community. B) The habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant. C) Being alone in nature. D) Being one with the universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant. 18. The physical facts of the world are a doorway to the spiritual or ideal world A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transcendentalism. 19. What does Thoreau hope to convey when he talks about the path he had worn to the pond? A) Establishing habits makes life easier. B) People fall into dull routines too easily. C) Living far away from friends is a good idea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People fall into dull routines too easily. 20. Which two people were influenced by Thoreau's essay Civil Disobedience? A) Abraham Lincoln and Gandhi. B) Martin Luther and Abraham Lincoln. C) Gandhi and Trump. D) Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi. ← 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