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Transcendentalism Slide Review

Authored by MYRA MCCOURY

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Transcendentalism Slide Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does it mean "to transcend" ?

To fall behind

To go beyond

To remain the same

To disconnect

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the literary movement in the 1830's establish?

A new form of government

A clear "American voice"

A style of painting

A type of architecture

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who first expressed his philosophy in the essay "Nature"?

Thoreau

Whitman

Emerson

Dickinson

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the literary movement suggest about individual capability?

Every individual is capable of achieving wealth

Every individual is capable of understanding the universe

Every individual is capable of discovering higher truth through intuition

Every individual is capable of mastering human reasoning

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Transcendentalists believe about human nature?

Humans are inherently evil.

Humans possess an innate goodness.

Humans are indifferent to morality.

Humans need to follow strict rituals to be good.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Transcendentalist thinkers oppose?

The concept of God.

The idea of innate goodness.

Strict ritualism and dogma of established religion.

The teachings of the Puritans.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is quoted as saying, "In the faces of men and women, I see God"?

Alanis Morissette

Walt Whitman

A Puritan thinker

Henry David Thoreau

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

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