This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 30 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All of the following are Romantic Writers except ..... A) William Cullen Bryan. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 2. Who wrote the collection 'Leaves of Grass'? A) Ralph Waldo Emerson. B) Walt Whitman. C) Emily Dickinson. D) Henry David Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walt Whitman. 3. The place Thoreau lived to attune with nature-he wrote extensively about it A) The woods. B) Appalachian Mountains. C) Walden Pond. D) Salem, Ma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walden Pond. 4. To be responsible is a(n) ..... characteristic of a student who cares about his or her work in class. It comes naturally to him or her. A) Transcend. B) Inherent. C) Nurture. D) Peculiar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inherent. 5. Which movement or group began using strategies like ethos, pathos, and logos? A) Transcendentalism. B) Native Americans. C) Enlightenment. D) Puritans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enlightenment. 6. What did Thoreau believe about an individual's rights and wrongs? A) They must be decided by the individual. B) They are irrelevant. C) They are determined by society. D) They are controlled by reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They must be decided by the individual. 7. Prefers youthful innocence to educated sophistication A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romanticism. 8. Who were poets seen as for the movement? (Think of Christianity A) Messiahs. B) Fortune Tellers. C) Prophets. D) Witches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prophets. 9. Transcendentalist believed in the innate ..... of humankind A) Evil. B) Goodness. C) Predictability. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goodness. 10. True or False-A central idea of Emerson's writings is that people should refuse to blindly follow other people's ideas and should instead think and act for themselves. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Which root is defined as thoroughly A) Spec. B) Per. C) Roma. D) Ade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Per. 12. The Transcendentalists influenced which of the following movements? (RI.10.10) A) Abolition of slavery. B) Women's rights and suffrage. C) Civil Rights Movement. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. What is Transcendentalism called? A) The American Renaissance. B) The Enlightenment. C) The Age of Knowledge. D) A waste of time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The American Renaissance. 14. Education is ..... A) Conservative. B) Duty. C) Liberal. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liberal. 15. Transcendentalist artists who painted American landscapes A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton. B) Henry David Thoreau. C) Hudson River School. D) William Lloyd Garrison. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hudson River School. 16. Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word philosophy? A) A system of beliefs and values. B) To rise above or beyond, exceed. C) Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. D) To make evident or certain by showing, displaying, or invoking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A system of beliefs and values. 17. The transcendentalist believed in the supremacy of ..... and ..... over logic and experience when seeking the deepest truths. A) Frustration and futility. B) Happiness and love. C) Intuition and creativity. D) Peace and freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intuition and creativity. 18. What day did the experiment at Walden pond start? A) December 12, 1850. B) January 13, 1849. C) July 4, 1845. D) July 13, 1841. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) July 4, 1845. 19. What is the best definition for "civil disobedience?" A) Angry Protest. B) Marching Protest. C) Nonviolent Protest. D) Uniform Protest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonviolent Protest. 20. What is the MAIN IDEA of the selection Famous Floridians:John James Audubon? A) John James Audubon captured the birds and wildlife of Florida through his realistic art. B) Audubon was not from Florida, he was born in Santo Domingo. C) The National Audubon Society was founded in his honor. D) Audubon's bird prints have been reproduced many times. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John James Audubon captured the birds and wildlife of Florida through his realistic art. ← 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