This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you were a Transcendentalist, which of the following would be MOST appealing? A) An unpublished book. B) Material wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An unpublished book. 2. The quote "In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, -no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, -my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, -all mean egotism vanishes" is found in which text? A) Nature. B) Self-Reliance. C) Where I lived and What I lived For. D) "Thanatopsis". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature. 3. Transcendentalism is a "spin off" of what movement? A) Romanticism. B) Modernism. C) Post-Modernism. D) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romanticism. 4. The example of "Chicken Little" is an example of the transcendental tenet A) Self-Reliance, because he always believed in his truth. B) Confidence, because everyone finally believed in him. C) Self-Reliance, because everyone finally believed in him. D) Confidence, because he always believed in his truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confidence, because he always believed in his truth. 5. The tone of Emerson's essay is best described as- A) Unmoving. B) Despairing. C) Uplifting. D) Gloomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uplifting. 6. Which of these is NOT a Transcendentalist principle? A) Imagination is important to the individual. B) Insight and experience are more important than logic. C) Society and its institutions such as organized religion and politics are corrupting. D) Humans are inherently good . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagination is important to the individual. 7. What is implicit about city life in Emerson's essay, "Nature", when he writes "in the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages" ? Choose the BEST answer. A) Emerson implies that nature reflects human nature, and cities and villages do not. B) Emerson implies that a life of ascetic solitude is far greater than a social life. C) Emerson implies that nature nurtures us while the cities harm us. D) Emerson implies that nature is good, and that cities can be good as well. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emerson implies that nature reflects human nature, and cities and villages do not. 8. Hawthorne was the main spokesperson for transcendentalism. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Which is not a characteristic of Transcendentalism? A) Importance of Nature. B) Confidence. C) Conformity. D) Free Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conformity. 10. What is going on in the 19th century in America that commercially created new ways of transportation? A) The Underground Railroad. B) Newspaper. C) The Industrial Revolution. D) The Neoclassical Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Industrial Revolution. 11. What is the definition of Transcendentalism? A) To rise up or go beyond. B) To go through natural selection. C) To genetically evolve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To rise up or go beyond. 12. Should there be a comma after "apple" ?At lunch, Princess Peach had an apple that was as big as a grapefruit. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 13. The "Over Soul" can be thought of as what? A) Literally everything in the Universe. B) God. C) Something accessed by intuition. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 14. What was the name of the pond Thoreau's cabin was close to? A) Walden Pond. B) Golden Pond. C) Jackson Pond. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walden Pond. 15. The following quote from Civil Disobedience refers to: ..... "If it is of such nature that it requires you to be the agent of an injustice to another, then, I say, break the law." A) Taxes. B) Emerson. C) Unjust laws. D) Obedience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unjust laws. 16. Which best describes the work of Washington Irving? A) He created Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman. B) He was a painter who exemplified the Hudson River School style. C) He wrote song-like poems celebrating the common man. D) He wrote novels that celebrated American Indian culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He created Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman. 17. Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word intuition? A) An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior. B) Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. C) An effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning. D) The action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning. 18. True or false:Civil disobedience is unconditionally obeying the law, even if you dislike the President. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Which of the following did transcendentalist NOT support? A) Abolition of slavery. B) Educational innovation. C) Better labor conditions. D) Women's rights. E) Annexation of Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Annexation of Texas. 20. What does Thoreau call for at the end of the selection from "Civil Disobedience" ? A) A complete overthrow of the legal system. B) Better government as defined by U.S. citizens. C) Stricter regulation of trade and commerce. D) Completely unobstructed railroads. 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