Transcendentalism Most Missed

1. A work where characters, settings, events stand for other people, events, etc.

• a. play
• b. allegory
• c. sonnet
• d. allusion

7. A clear influence on the philosophy of Transcendentalism is 

• a. Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"
• b. Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the hands of an angry God"
• c. Ben Franklin's Autobiography
• d. all of the above

8. Transcendentalists believe
I. Nature is good
II. Truths are learned intellectually
 III. Truthsare  learned emotionally

• a. I and II
• b. III only
• c. I and III
• d. I, II, and III

9. Emerson describes himself as a "Transparent eyeball" because he

• a. feels he sees everything 
• b. is young again and totally virtuous
• c. regrets his past mistakes
• d. feels a complete connection with nature 

12. Emerson says, "To speak truly, few adult(s) can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun." This is an example of what term?

• a. imagery
• b. paradox
• c. anaphora
• d. analogy

13. Why does Emerson say that "imitation is suicide"?

• a. If you copy someone else, you "kill" your true self.
• b. The individual is the most important contribution  to society.
• c. He is merely using figurative language.
• d. All of the above

14. What is the point of the comparison Emerson makes between a kernel of corn and human effort?

• a. Nothing worth having can come to you unless you work hard. 
• b. People cannot survive without food, so we must work hard.
• c.  As corn grows slowly, so it takes time for people to grow.
• d. A kernel of corn is small and hard to see, like a person's potential.

16. Emerson lists famous misunderstood people and then concludes that "[to] be great is to be misunderstood." This is an example of what literary term?

• a. imagery
• b. paradox
• c. anaphora
• d. allusion

21. Those who "hastily [conclude] that it is the chief end of man... to 'glorify God...'" have done what? They have 

• a. proven religion has all the answers 
• b. relied on others for answers rather than thinking alone 
• c. are not certain about the meaning of life
• d. indicated that they are chosen by God to go to heaven

The remaining questions refer to Thoreau's "Conclusion": 26. The "beaten track" (4) Thoreau refers to from the house to the pond develops into 

• a. imagery
• b. paradox
• c. anaphora
• d. metaphor