This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What romantic and transcendental idea(s) are integrated in "Thanatopsis?" A) Self-Reliance. B) Solitude. C) Interconnectedness with nature. D) Individualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interconnectedness with nature. 2. "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer" A) March to your own beat. B) Go at your own pace. C) Stick to the group. D) Don't wander off track. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) March to your own beat. 3. What is the central idea of Where I Lived and What I Lived For? A) People need to find simplicity in their lives and appreciate what life and nature has to offer. B) People need to take advantage of technology and always find time to be on their phone. C) People need to hurry through life and not appreciate each day. D) People should control nature and construct it to its unnatural form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People need to find simplicity in their lives and appreciate what life and nature has to offer. 4. "Alex admitted that the only food in his pack was a ten-pound bag of rice. His gear seemed exceedingly minimal for the harsh conditions of the interior ..... " This quote exemplifies what aspect of Alex McCandless? A) Non-Conformity. B) Intiution over Reason. C) The Importance of Nature. D) Simplified Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simplified Life. 5. What is an expectation? A) A person whose behavior or views do not conform to popular ideas or practices. B) The habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant. C) A belief that someone will do or should achieve something. D) People living together in a more or less ordered community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A belief that someone will do or should achieve something. 6. True or False-An example of civil disobedience could be refusing to pay taxes. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. How did Emily Dickinson reflect romanticism in her poetry? A) Dickinson wrote about everyday life in an unimaginative way. B) Dickinson wrote poems that addressed death and nature. C) Dickinson wrote poetry in an orderly and practical style. D) Dickinson wrote about responsibility and urban society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dickinson wrote poems that addressed death and nature. 8. What does Krakauer mention in the Author's Note that caused Chris to die in the wild? A) One or two seemingly insignificant blunders. B) The cold winter temperature in Alaska. C) A bear attack that he tried to defend himself from. D) An attack by another person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One or two seemingly insignificant blunders. 9. What is the relationship between nature and humans like? A) Mutual & harmonious. B) Ominous & daring. C) Stark & impactful. D) Destined & invaluable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutual & harmonious. 10. Whose career began or really took off/launched, after their death? A) Thoreau. B) Dickinson. C) Emerson. D) Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dickinson. 11. The Transcendentalist would agree that following social customs, expectations, and social trends will lead to a more comfortable and valuable life. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Which of the following groups of people believed in the good in man? A) Puritans. B) American Gothic. C) Colonialists. D) Transcendentalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transcendentalists. 13. Which is an example of Civil Disobedience? A) Writing letters to congress expressing your anger. B) Spray painting stop signs. C) Running from the cops. D) Not paying taxes because you don't agree with where the money is going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not paying taxes because you don't agree with where the money is going. 14. Much like the Romantics, valued intuition over logic and reason A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. C) Dark Romanticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark Romanticism. 15. What is the meaning of "assuaged" as it is used in the excerpt below? "Over this great expanse there is no disturbance but it is thus at once gently smoothed away and assuaged." A) Calmed. B) Alerted. C) Reflected. D) Muted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calmed. 16. "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit" is an example of what figurative language? A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 17. This key Transcendentalist is most famous for living on Walden pond for two years and was a "disciple" of Emerson A) Henry David Thoreau. B) Walt Whitman. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) Margaret Fuller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry David Thoreau. 18. According to Thoreau, can you be free while still in jail? A) YES. B) NO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 19. Placed faith in inner experiences and the power of imagination A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romanticism. 20. Who wrote the Romantic excerpt, Nature? A) Nathaniel Hawthorne. B) William Blake. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 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