Whitman is considered to be:

An influential poet and father of free verse poetry

What was the transcendentalist belief about nature?

nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality

According to the transcendentalists, the way to discover spirituality was...

by looking inwards and discovering yourself

The main focus on the poem "O Me O Life" is

You have potential in this world

Summarize “The Noiseless, Patient Spider”

Watching a spider make a web and thinking about connections

wrote about society, isolated, Thoreau builds cabin, lived for 2 years

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Duplicate of Duplicate of Transcendentalism

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1
This American poet wrote "O Captain! My Captain!" as an extended metaphor about Abraham Lincoln.
Emily Dickinson
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
William Wordsworth
Walt Whitman
2
Whitman is considered to be:
One of America's most criticized poets
An influential poet and father of free verse poetry
The captain of a military ship
A failed poet
3
Believed ____ , humanity, and nature share a universal soul.
government
God
animals
literature
4
What was the transcendentalist belief about nature?
nature is the origin of evil
nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality
nature is unstable and should not be trusted
meh, nature is ok
5
In Walden Pond, Thoreau expresses that people:
Need to work more in society
Need to work less in society
Need to own slaves and servants so they work less
Need to learn to dance
6
Who is considered "the Father of Transcendentalism?"
Henry David Thoreau
Robin Williams
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Margaret Fuller
7
According to the transcendentalists, the way to discover spirituality was...
by going to church every Sunday
by looking inwards and discovering yourself
by listening to what your parents tell you to do
by listening to music
8
The father of Civil Disobedience
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau
9
Transcendentalism encourages...
thinking the way you're told by others
following the rules
nonconformity
being just like everyone else
10
The transcendentalists believed in self-reliance and free thought.
False
True
11
The main focus on the poem "O Me O Life" is
Chase after love
Life is too hard
Life Is always amazing
You have potential in this world
12
Transcendentalists believed in...
the Power of Technology
the Power of the Government
the Power of Mob Mentality
the Power of the Individual
13
Summarize “The Noiseless, Patient Spider”
Being yourself is divine
A Southern plantation owner is hanged
Watching a spider make a web and thinking about connections
The danger of not caring about nature
14
Which of the following is the most worthy of respect in transcendentalism?
God's laws
the law
the will of the majority
the individual conscience
15
What is the definition of a free verse poem?
the repetition of consonant sounds
no predictable rhythm or rhyme
not using any punctuation
repeating the same word throughout the poem
16
When Simon says faith is not in the floor plan, Simon expresses that:
People should pray while sweeping floors
People should pray more
People can pray anywhere
People should pray while building houses
17
God had .... for Simon Birch
A plan
Blessings
Love
18
Walden Pond
wrote about society
isolated
Thoreau builds cabin
lived for 2 years
19
Transcendentalists believed all people are inherently...
evil
neutral
good
bad

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