This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jonathan ..... his suffering and helped his friend in his problem. A) Transcended. B) Exalted. C) Emerged. D) Inherent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transcended. 2. What did Thoreau believe about the growth of industry and cities? A) They were necessary for progress. B) They were irrelevant. C) They were ruining the nation. D) They were improving the nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were ruining the nation. 3. What is a slant rhyme? A) When two words have the same ending sound. B) When two words have the same beginning sound. C) When two words have a similar ending sound, but not the exact same. D) When a story has a deeper meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When two words have a similar ending sound, but not the exact same. 4. What other recognizable story did Washington Irving, author of "The Devil and Tom Walker, " write? A) A Christmas Carol. B) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. C) The Raven. D) The Crucible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 5. What was Thoreau's opinion of the news? A) It is important to be knowledgeable about the world and current events. B) It is mostly noise and gossip, which is an unnecessary distraction in one's life. C) It should be read only once a week instead of every day. D) It is too boring to catch most people's attention and should therefore be more exciting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is mostly noise and gossip, which is an unnecessary distraction in one's life. 6. " ..... OVER fact" A) Reason. B) Feeling. C) All. D) Individualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeling. 7. Which author wrote "I heartily accept the motto, 'That government is best which governs least' and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically." A) Thoreau and Civil Disobedience. B) Emerson and Self-Reliance. C) Thoreau and Where I Lived and What I Lived For. D) Emerson and Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thoreau and Civil Disobedience. 8. Which author was a pastor before starting the Transcendental Club. A) Henry David Thoreau. B) William Cullen Bryant. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) Henry David Longfellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 9. Which of the following was mostly made up of folk tales and origin stories? A) Native American. B) Colonial. C) Puritan. D) American Gothic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Native American. 10. How does Emerson define a lover of nature? A) A true lover of nature is a person who loves to be outside in the middle of nature. B) A true lover of nature has both senses that are inward and outward. C) A true lover of nature discovers the mysteries of nature. D) He/she must be a poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A true lover of nature has both senses that are inward and outward. 11. Transcendentalist writer (Civil Disobedience) A) Henry David Thoreau. B) Frederick Douglass. C) Hudson River School. D) Horace Mann. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry David Thoreau. 12. According to Transcendentalism, your thoughts should: A) Be dependent on others. B) Be your own. C) Be positive always. D) Be about others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be your own. 13. The following line is from which poem:"One, if by land, and two, if by sea:And I on the opposite shore will be" A) Old Ironsides. B) Paul Revere's Ride. C) Thanatopsis. D) Self-Reliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paul Revere's Ride. 14. What did Thoreau do to rebel against the strict rules at Harvard? A) Build a cabin in the woods on campus. B) Wore a different color coat than what was required. C) Wrote about free individuality. D) Didn't go to class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wore a different color coat than what was required. 15. Many Transcendental authors were also ..... A) Abolitionists. B) Farmers. C) Artists. D) All of the Above . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abolitionists. 16. Incessant A) Without stopping. B) Ridicule, contempt. C) Many different. D) Mildly warning, scolding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without stopping. 17. Emily Dickinson never married. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Which of the following is NOT considered related to Transcendentalism A) The General State of American Culture. B) Literature. C) Religion. D) Social Reform. E) Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Music. 19. The church respected the transcendentalist and their movement. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. "What I must do is all that concerns me" A) I only care for my own life and tasks. B) I only care what is left on my to do list. C) I only worry about myself and my abilities. D) I only worry about those around me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I only care for my own life and tasks. ← 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