Transcendentalism

Which writer was from Amherst, Massachusetts?

• Thoreau

• Dickinson

• Emerson

• Whitman

Which writer is our most local (from Long Island, NY, lived in Brooklyn, Camden, etc.)?

• Thoreau

• Dickinson

• Emerson

• Whitman

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Which writers were associated with Concord, Massachusetts?

• Thoreau and Whitman

• Dickinson and Whitman

• Emerson and Dickinson

• Thoreau and Emerson

Who was the teacher and mentor of Henry David Thoreau?

• No teacher/self-taught

• Dickinson

• Emerson

• Whitman

Which work (below) is described as "…a spiritual autobiography that tells the story of an enchanted observer who says who he is at every opportunity and claims what he loves by naming it'?

• Because I Could Not Stop for Death

• Leaves of Grass

• Nature

• Hope is the Thing with Feathers

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Which writer focused on slant rhyme, also known as imperfect rhyme or off rhyme?

• Thoreau

• Dickinson

• Emerson

• Whitman

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Who was the writer that self-published his greatest work and kept revising it and republishing (nine editions of the same book!)?

• Thoreau

• Dickinson

• Emerson

• Whitman

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Whose career began or really took off/launched, after their death?

• Thoreau

• Dickinson

• Emerson

• Whitman

Which writer ignored meter, and focused on cadence '-the long easy sweep of sound that echoes the Bible and speeches of orators and preachers'?

• Thoreau

• Dickinson

• Emerson

• Whitman

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Which writer built a tiny house in the woods and gave birth to early conservation efforts?

• Thoreau

• Dickinson

• Emerson

• Whitman