Transcendentalists

Which of these authors was a transcendentalist?

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What part of the country did both the major Transcendentalists and Anti-Transcendentalists live in?

• The South

• The Midwest

• New England

• The Southwest

Which Ralph Waldo Emerson work had a big effect on American Civil rights activists in the 1950's and 1960's?

• Two Rivers

• Self-Reliance

• Circles

• Experience

What major event in history were the Transcendentalists reacting to?

• The War of 1812

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Great Awakening

• The Egg Nog Rebellion

During the mid-19th century a lot of these formed partly because of the influence of transcendentalist writers:

• railroads

• factories

• churches

• utopian communities

She was the daughter of a transcendentalist educator, and a neighbor to Thoreau and Emerson. She later wrote "Little Women."

• Louisa May Alcott

• Mary Shelley

• Margaret Fuller

• Susan B. Anthony

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These authors were considered anti-transcendentalists, who focused more on the flaws of human nature and were more pessimistic.

• Emerson and Thoreau

• Hawthorne and Melville

• Alcott and Fuller

• Gilbert and Sullivan

Which of these was a value of transcendentalists?

• connection with nature

• modern technology

• patriotism for the United States

• connection with urban life

Which transcendentalist talked about men living lives of "quiet desperation?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Emerson

• Margaret Fuller

• Bronson Alcott

Which anti-transcendentalist wrote Moby Dick?

• Herman Melville

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Emperor Palpatine

• Darth Vader

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