WorksheetsTranscendentalism
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
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1.
Which one is not a definition of Transcendentalism?
a)
Living a simpler life makes you happy
b)
Value each day of your life
c)
Believing in miracles and inspiration
d)
To climb beyond
2.
What does a transcendentalist adopt?
a)
Simpler lives
b)
Socialism
c)
Spiritual doctrine
d)
Whole connection of spiritual doctrine
3.
Why was it hard for Ralph Waldo to concentrate at Harvard?
a)
He was sick
b)
His father died
c)
Wife died
d)
Was writing a book
4.
What's the major theme in the essay, "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
a)
Spirituality
b)
Simplicity
c)
Civilism
d)
Materialism
5.
Why did Henry David Thoreau drop out of Harvard?
a)
Take care of his brother
b)
Had to serve jail time
c)
Health issues
d)
Wife died
6.
What machine did Henry invent?
a)
To make mechanical pencils
b)
Sharpener
c)
Pencil maker
d)
Improve pencils
7.
Thoreau believes that technological advances lead to a better way of life?
a)
False
b)
True
8.
Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" was written in order to express _______________________ that Thoreau hoped his readers would adopt.
a)
political views
b)
religious views
c)
aphorisms
d)
paradoxes
9.
True or False. Henry paid all of his taxes
a)
False
b)
True
10.
Transcendentalism is a _______________.
a)
literary movement
b)
social reform movement
c)
philosophical movement
d)
all of the above
11.
Who wrote "Civil Disobedience"?
a)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
b)
Henry David Thoreau
c)
Walt Whitman
d)
Margret Fuller
12.
The aim of Transcendentalism is ___________________________________.
a)
Self-Reliance
b)
Self-Knowledge
c)
Self-Taught
d)
Self-Esteem
13.
Where did the Transcendentalists believe that you could find God?
a)
Nature
b)
Church
c)
Inside yourself
d)
At the flagpole
14.
American Transcendentalists did NOT like which of the following?
a)
Nature
b)
Independence
c)
Slavery
d)
Non Conformity
15.
Which of the following did Transcendentalists NOT like/appreciate?
a)
Nature
b)
Formal Education
c)
Childlike Innocence
d)
Intuition & Imagination
16.
Transcendentalists refused to obey laws they felt were unjust. What is that called?
a)
civil disobedience
b)
self-reliance
c)
simplicity
d)
spirituality
17.
The Transcendentalist would agree that following social customs, expectations, and social trends will lead to a more comfortable and valuable life.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Emerson's essay, "Self-Reliance," elaborates on his belief in the importance of the _________________.
a)
passionate
b)
disobedient
c)
individual
d)
traveler
19.
Who said this:
"You got it dude"
"You got it dude"
a)
Margaret Fuller
b)
Michelle Tanner
c)
Henry David Thoreau
d)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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