Week 7 Self -Check Am Lit I

Emerson was not....

• married twice

• a minister

• a supporter of slavery

• a transcendentalist thinker

True or False?

"Love" is the title of one chapter in Emerson's work, Nature.

• True

• False

True or False?

Transcendentalists wanted to separate themselves from the ideas of the Enlightenment.

• True

• False

Emerson argues that beauty is all of these except....

• Natural

• Artistic

• Spiritual

• Intellectual

Which is NOT a theme of Emerson's work, Nature?

• Nature should be studied through scientific experimentation.  

• Natures contains divinity.

• Nature is a powerful force.

• Nature is unifying.

True or False?

Transcendentalists believe that independence is important.

• True

• False

True or False?

"Trust thyself" is a famous quote from Emerson's "Self-Reliance."

• True

• False

True or False?

Emerson believes that trusting one's mind over one's intuition is most important.

• True

• False

True or False?

Thoreau never married.

• True

• False

Thoreau stayed at Walden pond for __ years, 2 months, and 2 days.