CP Eng III Transcendentalism Review

Question 1

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - Went to Harvard

Accepted Answer

BOTH

Question 2

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - Considered nature critically important to living a full life

Accepted Answer

BOTH

Question 3

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - Lived at Walden Pond for two years

Accepted Answer

Thoreau

Question 4

Emerson, Thoreau, or BOTH? - Used the metaphor of a "transparent eyeball"

Accepted Answer

Emerson

Question 5

God + man + nature =

Accepted Answer

The Oversoul

Question 6

True or False: Transcendentalists believed simplifying one's life was essential to happiness.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

What is imagery?

Accepted Answer

Language that appeals to the senses

Question 8

What is Emerson's attitude towards society in "Self-Reliance"?

Accepted Answer

He values nature highly and has contempt for society

Question 9

What does Emerson mean by saying, "In the woods is perpetual youth?"

Accepted Answer

People return to a simpler state of mind in the woods

Question 10

Thoreau realized that even in the woods,

Accepted Answer

his life took on a pattern

Question 11

Which is an example of imagery?

Accepted Answer

"in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky"

Question 12

Which of the following did Transcendentalists NOT believe was important?

Accepted Answer

Wealth

Question 13

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - Against the Mexican-American war

Accepted Answer

BOTH

Question 14

What was the time span of Transcendentalism?

Accepted Answer

1833-1843

Question 15

What does Emerson mean by saying, "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit"?

Accepted Answer

Perception of nature changes based on human experience

Question 16

True or False: Transcendentalists believed you could still be happy if you disliked your job.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Thoreau hopes to leave his readers feeling

Accepted Answer

inspired

Question 18

True or False: Thoreau deliberately moved to Walden Pond on July 4th

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - Traveled to England and met Wordsworth and Coleridge

Accepted Answer

Emerson

Question 20

True or False: Transcendentalists believed you should always be consistent in your beliefs.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - Opened a school with his brother

Accepted Answer

Thoreau

Question 22

Transcendentalists were also considered

Accepted Answer

Romantics

Question 23

What did Thoreau like best about the Hollowell farm?

Accepted Answer

It was very secluded

Question 24

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - Was rejected after a marriage proposal

Accepted Answer

Thoreau

Question 25

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - Against slavery, but didn't speak out strongly against it

Accepted Answer

Emerson

Question 26

What does Emerson compare society to?

Accepted Answer

a joint-stock company

Question 27

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - brother John died of tetanus

Accepted Answer

Thoreau

Question 28

In "Self-Reliance", Emerson uses a metaphor of growing corn to say that:

Accepted Answer

one must work hard using his own gifts and talents

Question 29

Which is closest to the message of "Self-Reliance"?

Accepted Answer

Always be your own person.

Question 30

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - Spent a night in jail for refusing to pay taxes on moral grounds

Accepted Answer

Thoreau

Question 31

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? "The Father of Transcendentalism"

Accepted Answer

Emerson

Question 32

Transcendentalism was a

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philosophical and literary movement

Question 33

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - Became a popular and successful lecturer during his life

Accepted Answer

Emerson

Question 34

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - Didn't start Transcendentalism, but experimented and lived ideals

Accepted Answer

Thoreau

Question 35

Thoreau decided to leave because he

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felt that it was time to do new things with his life

Question 36

What religious tradition gave birth to Transcendentalism?

Accepted Answer

Unitarianism

Question 37

Emerson, Thoreau, or both? - Worked as a minister like his father

Accepted Answer

Emerson

Question 38

Why does Emerson mention influential historical figures in "Self-Reliance"?

Accepted Answer

To suggest that to be great is to be misunderstood

CP Eng III Transcendentalism Review

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