American Lit Transcendentalism Quiz

Poe remained in poverty and has hampered by bouts of drinking and depression

Edgar Allan Poe was informally adopted by which wealthy couple?

Poe was a published poet by age 18

Poe pioneered the detective story, earning him which name?

Instead of the Bible, transcendentalists found truth where?

The emotional atmosphere of a work is called what?

Poe insisted on high literary standards

What is the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds?

Poe married a girl of age who was not his cousin

Why was Poe dismissed from West Point?

Transcendentalism was strongly affected by mysticism

Someone who sees the worst in everything is called a what?

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds?

Transcendentalists taught that all gods from different religions are what?

What occurs when something is different from what is expected and is often humorous?

Transcendental pessimists, including Edgar Allan Poe, criticized the movement for what?

Single emotion or mood should do what?

The most important object was the individual

Poe was found where?

Green Apple Theory teaches what?

Poe hated didactic literature for what reason?

According to Poe, poetry and fiction should be short enough to read in one sitting

The worship of the universe as God is called what?

Why did Poe leave university?

Poe remained delirious until his death four days after he was found

Poes principles resulted from his concept that?

Transcendentalism is not inherently anti-christian

What was the name of the 13 year old cousin Poe married at 26?

What is the name of the most widely read nineteenth-century authors?

Poe lost many of his editing jobs for what reason?

What did the experimental commune Brook Farm want to do?

Transcendentalist values have not lived on into the present

Virginia died of what?

Poe sought to marry who?

What occurs when a speakers meaning differs from what is expressed in words?

What occurs when the reader is aware of a plot development that a character in the story is not aware of?

Someone who sees the best in everything is called a what?

What does the term transcendentalism mean?

Poe showed academic promise as a young man