This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where did Henry David Thoreau spend a year alone? A) Walden Pond. B) Emerson's Back Lots. C) Massachusetts. D) New England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walden Pond. 2. What does Thoreau express when he says "Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one; instead of a hundred dishes, five" ? A) People need to cook less. B) We live in a society based on consumerism. C) People should simplify their lives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People should simplify their lives. 3. According to Emerson, how does society affect the development of individualism? A) It conspires against individuals by robbing them of their money and their independence. B) It interferes with self-reliance by limiting one's freedoms and forcing people to conform. C) It drowns out individuals because when everyone voices their opinions at once, they fail to listen to others. D) It promotes superficial concerns but avoids traditions upheld by individuals and communities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It interferes with self-reliance by limiting one's freedoms and forcing people to conform. 4. What would make a Transcendentalist happy? A) Rushing through assignments to get them done. B) Writing an essay supported by dozens of research sources. C) Copying a friend's assignment before class starts. D) Choosing and completing a project option from the independent reading choice board. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Choosing and completing a project option from the independent reading choice board. 5. Walt Whitman was an American poet, inspired by Transcendental ideas. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Which of these is NOT a Transcendentalist author? A) Ralph Waldo Emerson. B) Walt Whitman. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) John Locke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Locke. 7. What is the type of figurative language used in the following line: "The people were assaulted by the living dead." A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 8. The children who live up the street are quite friendly. A) Commas after children and street. B) Comma after street. C) No commas. D) Comma after children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No commas. 9. American poet with over 1, 800 poems written in an unconventional style A) Dorothea Dix. B) Susan B. Anthony. C) Emily Dickinson. D) Lucretia Mott. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emily Dickinson. 10. Thoreau believes that ..... A) Humans should devote their lives to putting out fires and helping each other. B) Humans spend too much time sleeping. C) Humans should be much more productive in their waking hours. D) Humans spend too much time preoccupied by other people's problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humans spend too much time preoccupied by other people's problems. 11. Walt Whitman first published is ..... A) Leaves of Grass. B) Democratic Vistas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leaves of Grass. 12. Which of the following words mean "to go beyond" ? A) Transcend. B) Perennial. C) Absolve. D) Cultivate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transcend. 13. Which writer was from Amherst, Massachusetts? A) Thoreau. B) Dickinson. C) Emerson. D) Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dickinson. 14. Which of these IS NOT a social cause that Margaret Fuller fought for? A) Abolition. B) Women's' Rights. C) Healthcare. D) Prison Reform . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Healthcare. 15. Which would include a damsel in distress and obsessive love? A) American Gothic. B) Puritanism. C) Enlightenment. D) Colonialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) American Gothic. 16. Both the 1st and 2nd Great Awakening resulted in ..... A) An end of Catholicism in the United States. B) An increased enthusiasm towards religion. C) A new god-centered nation being created in the west. D) An increase in immigrants from outside of Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An increased enthusiasm towards religion. 17. What part of speech does the following suffix change a word into:-er, -or, -ist A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 18. Finds inspiration in myth, legend, and folklore A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romanticism. 19. Transcendentalism would have people: A) Follow the mass majority of opinion. B) Be content to follow all the laws. C) Be just like everyone else. D) Not confirm to rest of society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not confirm to rest of society. 20. When Emerson goes into Nature, he says he isn't alone, although ..... A) The animals keep him company. B) He hears people in the distance. C) No one is with him. D) He has many books to keep him company. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No one is with him. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesTranscendentalism Quiz 1Transcendentalism Quiz 3Transcendentalism Quiz 4Transcendentalism Quiz 5Transcendentalism Quiz 6Transcendentalism Quiz 7Transcendentalism Quiz 8Transcendentalism Quiz 9Transcendentalism Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books