This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Our life is frittered away by detail." A) Old Ironsides. B) Walden. C) Nature. D) Thanatopsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walden. 2. What bigger movement is transcendentalism a part of? A) Naturalism. B) Modernist. C) Romanticism. D) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romanticism. 3. Who does Thoreau not allude to in Self-Reliance? A) Stephen Hawking. B) Issac Newton. C) Galileo. D) Jesus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stephen Hawking. 4. In the entire poem "O Me! O Life!", what Transcendental principle is most clearly represented? A) Civil Disobedience. B) Optimism. C) Individuality. D) Positive Influence of Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individuality. 5. Transcendentalist writer A) Susan B Anthony. B) Lucretia Mott. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) John James Audubon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 6. What period inspired the Transcendentalism movement? A) Abolitionist. B) Puritan. C) Romanticism. D) Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enlightenment. 7. The falling tide in "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" is a metaphor for A) Death. B) Life. C) Birth. D) Humanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death. 8. What does Emerson believe about conformity? A) DO IT!. B) DON'T DO IT!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DON'T DO IT!. 9. True or False:Transcendentalists believed that inspiration was limited by social conformity. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. What is the definition of Transcendentalism? (RI.10.10) A) The ability to transcend, or go beyond, ordinary experiences. B) The ability to manifest your path in life through meditation. C) The ability to conserve nature through vegetarianism/veganism. D) The ability to reflect and become a productive member of society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ability to transcend, or go beyond, ordinary experiences. 11. Complete the quote-" If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different ..... " A) Pipper. B) Drummer. C) Singer. D) Lover. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drummer. 12. What is the central theme of Nature? A) Nature is seen as evil and should be avoided. B) Nature is seen as dangerous and leads people to sin. C) Nature is seen as a place for emotional, physical, and spiritual connection. D) Nature only purpose is to provide food, water, & shelter for people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature is seen as a place for emotional, physical, and spiritual connection. 13. This person only wore white and lived in isolation A) Walt Whitman. B) Emily Dickinson. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Ol' Ralph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emily Dickinson. 14. Emily Dickinson's family was ..... A) Poor. B) Mysterious. C) Rich and famous. D) Noble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rich and famous. 15. Why is Thoreau's "civil disobedience" important to American Culture & American history? A) It inspired future reforms and reformers like civil rights and Martin Luther King Jr. B) It helped inspire Manifest Destiny. C) It directly led to the abolition of slavery and the 13th Amendment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It inspired future reforms and reformers like civil rights and Martin Luther King Jr. 16. What is the most important lesson to be learned from Walden? A) Live close to nature. B) Live life harshly. C) Live life as you choose. D) Live life as you think others want you to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Live life as you choose. 17. Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word conformity? A) An effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning. B) Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. C) The right to vote in political elections. D) An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. 18. What is Whitman referencing at in the last line: "and you may contribute a verse." A) A metaphor about how life is a poem. B) Everyone should write poetry. C) The idea of democracy and equality. D) The idea of communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The idea of democracy and equality. 19. Which of the following is the most worthy of respect in Transcendentalism? (RI.10.10) A) The law. B) The will of the majority. C) God's laws. D) The individual conscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The individual conscience. 20. Which of the following ideals is NOT important in Transcendentalism? A) Self-reliance. B) Nature. C) Non-conformity. D) Selfishness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Selfishness. ← 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