This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How did works from the Hudson River School encourage Manifest Destiny? A) Paintings of nature scenes encouraged people to move west, away from overcrowded, polluted industrial cities. B) Paintings of the Hudson River Valley encouraged people to move east and contributed to urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paintings of nature scenes encouraged people to move west, away from overcrowded, polluted industrial cities. 2. Transcendentalists believed in conforming to society's authority, customs, and traditions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Which of the following was mostly made up of narratives and was written in a plain style? A) Colonialists. B) Native American. C) American Gothics. D) Transcendentalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colonialists. 4. "Live your life. Do your work. Then take your hat." A) Get your work done, then relax. B) Live your life first, then do your work. C) Take a nap every time you finish a task. D) Get your work done, then go live life to the fullest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get your work done, then relax. 5. This kind of poetic verse was favored by the later Transcendentalist authors, such as Henry David Thoreau or Walt Whitman A) Quatrain. B) Free-Verse. C) Sonnet. D) Iambic Pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free-Verse. 6. "It is a deliverance which does not deliver" is a use of which rhetorical device? A) Metephor. B) Oxymoron. C) Simile. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 7. Who is the father of Transcendentalism? A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. C) Walt Whitman. D) Henry David Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 8. The main theme of Nature is A) Nature is to be feared and treated with deep respect. B) We all need to work together to protect the natural world. C) People are an interconnected part of nature. D) People need to exert control over nature and tame it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People are an interconnected part of nature. 9. Which of the following is not a transcendental idea? A) Logic and reason. B) Solitude. C) Nonconformity. D) Simplicity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logic and reason. 10. The ..... perspectives about school uniforms from students is that they are perfect to show everyone's individuality. A) Sublime. B) Temporal. C) Blithe. D) Predominating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predominating. 11. What is the transcendentalists belief about nature? A) Nature is inspiring and reflects spirituality. B) Nature is nothing it is just there. C) Nature changes too much. D) Nature is horrible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature is inspiring and reflects spirituality. 12. What did Emerson believe was the best way to seek truth? A) Isolate from your friends and family. B) Isolate in nature and away from society. C) Isolate on an island with no people. D) Isolate with your husband or wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isolate in nature and away from society. 13. All of the following are values of Transcendentalism as reflected in "Self Reliance" except A) Do not be predictable. B) Do not rely on traditions. C) Do not love your neighbor. D) Trust in yourself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do not love your neighbor. 14. "The day returns, but nevermore/Returns the traveller to the shore, " A) Nature. B) The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls. C) Old Ironsides. D) Walden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls. 15. What is the second basic premise of Transcendentalism? A) All knowledge comes from others. B) All knowledge comes from books. C) All knowledge begins with self-knowledge. D) All knowledge comes from nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All knowledge begins with self-knowledge. 16. Which of the following statements is the best example of Transcendentalism A) Accept the teaching of the church and share them. B) Be your best through self-reliance and peace with nature. C) Seek out the beliefs of the majority and follow them. D) Have faith in the government and let it lead you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be your best through self-reliance and peace with nature. 17. What is your mood if you suddenly lost your job, your pet, or your wallet? A) Propitious. B) Melancholy. C) Speculating. D) Ostentatious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Melancholy. 18. This Transcendentalist volunteered as a nurse during the Civil War and is known for publishing a controversial work, "Leaves of Grass." A) Margaret Fuller. B) Emily Dickinson. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walt Whitman. 19. What are Calvin and Hobbes doing? A) Contemplating tax evasion. B) Questioning Norms. C) Embracing the Wilderness. D) Communing with the elephants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Embracing the Wilderness. 20. Which work is Ralph Waldo Emerson most famous for? A) Nature. B) Walden. C) Woman in the 19th Century. D) The Dial . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature. ← 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