"Self-Reliance", "Nature" and "Civil-Disobedience"

What Literary Device?: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds..."

The main purpose of "Civil Disobedience" is?

Which of the following religious/philosophical belief did NOT influence "Self-Reliance" by Emerson?

What was the primary motive for Thoreau's writing of Civil Disobedience?

What Literary Device?: “Society is a joint-stock company..." - Emerson

A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one e

Rejection of forces that push the individual to follow certain norms and rules in society or other institutions.

Contrary to the Transcendentalists, John Locke believed that ____________ was the only true source of knowledge.

A warning or indication of a future event.

."..shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?"

What literary device: "In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough..."

Why was Thoreau arrested?

Unwritten rules about acceptable social behavior.

When an author calls to mind or makes reference to something without mentioning it explicitly.

literary device The full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience but not characters

What major armed conflict was an inspiration for Thoreau's writing of "Civil Disobedience"?

What literary device: "Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky..."

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."-means?

What important social and political movement/debate acts as a backdrop for "Self-Reliance"?

"Self-Reliance" was written by...

The practice of relying on observation to achieve understanding, made popular by philosopher John Locke (1632–1704)

Which of the following is NOT a theme of "Self-Reliance" by Emerson.