This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Transcendentalism > Transcendentalism – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transcendentalism Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Transcendentalists believed in the power of ..... (RI.10.10) A) Government. B) Technology. C) The individual. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The individual. 2. What does civil disobedience mean? A) To be rowdy, loud, and obnoxious when protesting. B) To be quiet and timid while protesting. C) To be happy and celebratory while protesting. D) To be peaceful, yet resilient while protesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be peaceful, yet resilient while protesting. 3. Another term for 'religious' is ..... A) Pious. B) Loyal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pious. 4. Which word means a ghost or something widely feared as possibly unpleasant or dangerous A) Scepter. B) Inspect. C) Specter. D) Spacely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Specter. 5. What was the main focus of Transcendentalism? A) Material wealth. B) Physical beauty. C) Spiritual growth. D) Political power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spiritual growth. 6. What is intuition? A) A feeling of peace. B) The ability to know and understand through emotions. C) The ability to understand through reason. D) A feeling of well-being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ability to know and understand through emotions. 7. How do Transcendentalists believe people should live life? A) In the most complex way . B) In the simplest way . C) In the most daring way . D) In the most cautious way . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the simplest way . 8. What is one allusion found in "The Raven" ? A) Aiden. B) "Quoth the Raven, Nevermore". C) "Nodded nearly napping". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aiden. 9. Which author ..... that we studied ..... uses aphorisms? A) Thoreau. B) Emerson. C) Whitman. D) Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emerson. 10. Backcountry snowboarding is the only way to go because ....., I never have to stand in line, nor do I have to pay for a lift ticket, nor do I have to dodge people on the slopes, unless there's a bunny or a bear. A) Incessantly. B) Indubitably. C) Conviction. D) Derisively. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indubitably. 11. Complete the following quote: "To be great is to be ..... " (From Emerson's Self-Reliance) A) Saved. B) A genius. C) Intelligent. D) Misunderstood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Misunderstood. 12. What did Ralph Waldo Emerson believe about the human spirit? A) It is influenced by faith and country. B) It is controlled by reason. C) It is reflected in physical nature. D) It is irrelevant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is reflected in physical nature. 13. Which of the following would take place in a creepy setting? A) American Gothic. B) Enlightenment. C) Native American. D) Puritan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) American Gothic. 14. What action did Thoreau take to protest the Mexican war? A) He worked on the underground railroad. B) He delivered lectures. C) He wrote a book. D) He went to jail. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He went to jail. 15. "Self-Reliance, " elaborates on his belief in the importance of the ..... A) Passionate. B) Disobedient. C) Individual. D) Traveler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individual. 16. True or False:the transcendentalist tent "free thought" rejected religion A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. One of the main differences between Rationalism and Transcendentalism is: A) Rationalists believe God created the world and runs it with perfection. B) Rationalists value logic and reason rather than intuition and feelings. C) Rationalists believe in human perfectibility while Transcendentalists do not. D) Rationalists saw signs and symbols in human events. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rationalists value logic and reason rather than intuition and feelings. 18. Who is considered as the "Father" of Transcendentalism A) Robin Williams. B) Henry David Thoreau. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) Margaret Fuller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 19. Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word transcend? A) To make evident or certain by showing, displaying, or invoking. B) A system of beliefs and values. C) To rise above or beyond, exceed. D) An effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To rise above or beyond, exceed. 20. Anything used to persuade is called a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Literary device. D) Rhetorical device. 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