Romanticism Test Review

He was Thoreau's mentor and known as the "Sage of Concord"

• Irving

• Hawthorne

• O'Connor

• Emerson

Thoreau refused to pay his taxes in protest of...

• the Mexican War

• slavery

• corporal punishment

• abortion

The New York Knicks are named for his pseudonym

• Irving

• Emerson

• Thoreau

• O'Connor

Emerson said "To be great is to be..."

• a conformist

• a nonconformist

• a Transcendentalist

• misunderstood

A paradox contains...

• a definition

• a contradiction

• a metaphor

• a truth

This genre emphasizes the interconnectedness of God and nature and rejects materialism and conformity

• Transcendentalism

• Gothic

• Romanticism

• Enlightenment

A short work of nonfiction focused on a single subject; "Nature" and "Civil Disobedience" are examples

• essay

• poem

• anecdote

• novel

This genre focused on the dark side of individualism and featured grotesque characters and decaying settings

• Transcendentalism

• Romanticism

• Gothic

• Puritan

Humor intended to change society

• slapstick

• farce

• satire

• pun

Which statement best explains Thoreau’s objections to a standing government in “Civil Disobedience”?

• Government is sometimes inconvenient and can be abused.

• Government is merely the tool of the standing military.

• The Mexican War is the reason that the government should be destroyed.

• Governments, at their best, are a tool to be used for the people.