Self Reliance and Transcendentalism

According to "Self-Reliance", people who want to find the good in the universe should rely on their

• formal education
• religious teachings
• own investigation
• study of geniuses

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Emerson mean by the following aphorism from "Self-Reliance"? "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."

• Follow your own beliefs.
• Nature is connected to God.
• Truth exists beyond experience.
• Discover truth through God.

According to "Nature", when people go into the woods, they

• cast off fear
• see their beauty
• feel like children
• love all people

Emerson shows his transcendental belief when humans, nature, and God are connected when he says in "Nature" that 

• nature makes him forget his friends
• God speaks through people about nature
• nature makes people feel childish
• he becomes a transparent eyeball

Both "Self-Reliance" and "Nature" stress the importance of 

• believing in yourself
• trusting in nature only
• loving God most
• living in the woods

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What does Emerson say is the only wrong in "Self-Reliance"?

• contradicting yourself often
• going against your nature
• trusting the appearance of nature
• working with your hands

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

According to "Self-Reliance," the indication of a great person is a person who

• questions the way nature acts
• never thinks about past events
• worries about what other people think
• follows his or her own mind in a crowd

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Emerson mean by the following aphorism in "Nature"?  "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."

• Humans interpret nature through their experiences.
• Nature cares about people and changes to suit their needs.
• Spirits live in nature and give it a beautiful quality.
• Colors in nature are shown to people through their spirits.

Transparent means...

• adj. able to be seen through.
• v. form into a whole.
• adj. happy, carefree
• n. thinking excessively of oneself.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Egotism means...

• adj. able to be seen through.
• adj. gently warning.
• v. form into a whole.
• n. thinking excessively of oneself.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4