Transcendentalism Review

Which of these isn't a central belief of Transcendentalism?

• People must go to school to learn

• God is in nature and all people

• People should be themselves

• Life is about being curious and learning from feeling

What values did Emerson and Thoreau share? 

• living simply and being true to one's self
• material things
• being kind
• being social 

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What does the Transcendentalist belief of Self-Reliance focus on?

• People should depend on themselves and their own minds.
• People should depend on their country for support.
• People should depend on friends for support. 
• People should not live in isolation

What was Emerson's purpose when writing "Self-Reliance?"

• To share the joys of living in isolation

• To encourage readers to trust their own beliefs

• To provide his readers with a template for how to live free from society's expectations

• To provide his readers with models of famous thinkers whose ideals should be followed

What was Thoreau's purpose when writing Walden?

• To explain the benefits of living a life free from the complications of modern day society

• To compare and contrast living in society versus living in isolation

• To accurately define nature

• To explain how to survive with only what nature offers

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What does Walden Pond represent?

• Independence

• Natural Beauty

• Simplicity

• All of the above

"The soul always hears an admonition in [original and not conventional words], let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instill is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, --that is genius."

• Emerson

• Thoreau

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Which sentence best expresses the central idea of the selection from “Self-Reliance”?

• Meekness is the virtue that fosters self-awareness.

• Social customs serve a valuable purpose.

• Trust your instincts, regardless of what others do.

• Cruelty may be necessary to achieve one’s goals.

According to the selection from Walden, what is Thoreau’s main reason for moving to a cabin in the woods?

• He wants time to read works of philosophy.

• He wants to write a book about insects.

• He wants to learn how to farm and fish.

• He wants to live life as fully as possible.

Which of Thoreau’s philosophical assumptions is implicit in this statement from Walden?

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

• People should have a few close friends.

• People should appreciate music.

• People should behave as others do.

• People should live as individuals.