Transcendentalism Introduction
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following are considered Transcendentalist writers? Check all that apply.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Edgar Allan Poe
Henry David Thoreau
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Washington Irving
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In what region of the United States did Transcendentalist writers (mainly) live?
the South
the Southwest
the Midwest
New England
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What decade do we associate with the beginning of Transcendentalism?
1790s
1810s
1830s
1850s
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following most accurately describes Transcendentalist beliefs about God?
They did not believe in God.
They believed Catholicism was the only true religion.
They believed that all people should attend church services every week.
They believed people didn't have to follow the rules of organized religion to connect to God.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following describes Transcendentalist beliefs about how people should act?
A person must try to emulate the thoughts and behaviors of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
A person must strive to be a fully unique individual.
A person must always question whether their actions best serve the needs of the community.
People who do not follow social etiquette should be shunned from polite society.
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which are things that one should expect to encounter in Transcendentalist writings? Check all that apply.
an appreciation of nature
the quest for truth
insanity
a belief in humanism
a focus on logic and rationality
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who wrote "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"?
Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Margaret Fuller
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