WorksheetsIntro Transcendentalism - Emerson, Fuller, Thoreau
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
American Romanticism lasted from about...
1600-1660
1700-1760
1800-1860
1900-1960
Words related to "transcendental" include:
transpose, ascendant, dental
physical, tangible, concrete
abstract, metaphysical, supernatural
dark, horrific, tragic
The German philosopher who first used the term "transcendental" was:
Friedrich Nietzsche
Immanuel Kant
Arthur Schopenhauer
Karl Marx
TRANSCENDENTALISM is the idea that in order to learn the truth about the self, the universe, the divine, and everything else, one must TRANSCEND - or go beyond -
everyday human experience in the physical world
the boundaries of Toms River
the point of no return
the limits of Fantasia
Which set does NOT contain key words describing the SIX TENETS of Transcendentalism?
Individuality and Confidence
Nature and Spirituality
Self-Reliance and Non-Conformity
Predestination and Conventionality
The Father of American Transcendentalism is...
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
David Lee Roth
Alfred E Neuman
______ lived alone for two years at ________.
Emerson; Walden Pond
Correll; Toms River
Clayton; Bamber Lake
Thoreau; Walden Pond
Who was an eighth generation, Harvard educated minister?
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Edgar Allan Poe
James Earl Jones
Which is NOT one of Ralph Waldo Emerson's noted writings?
The British Scholar
Fate
Self-Reliance
Nature
Which Transcendentalist died in a shipwreck?
Henry David Throeau
Margaret Fuller
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Frederic Henry Hedge
What was "The Dial"?
The Transcendental Bible
A manner of meditation to help one connect with one's intuition
The tool naturalists used to tell the time according to the sun
A literary journal for Transcendentalist thought
Who co-founded "The Dial"?
Emerson and Thoreau
Thoreau and Fuller
Emerson and Fuller
Emerson and Ripley
"Walden" is what?
A book written by Emerson about the natural beauty of Walden Pond.
A poem written by Thoreau about nature.
An essay written by Fuller about Transcendentalist values.
A journal about the two years Thoreau spent living alone in nature.
"Civil Disobedience" is an essay by Thoreau that inspired:
passive resistance
Mahatma Gandhi
Martin Luther King Jr.
All three
Transcendentalism and Dark Romanticism were part of what movement in American literary history?
the American Renaissance
American Puritanism
the American Enlightenment
American Realism
A Transcendentalist might suggest that:
By contemplating ________,
the individual can _________
the world and discover their _________.
transcendence, forget, intuition
true freedom, embrace, destiny
nature, transcend, divine truth
god, escape, true nature
What was NOT among the social reform goals of the 19th century?
improving public education
women's suffrage
abolition
child labor laws
According to the SIX TENETS we reviewed, Transcendentalists believed that what was the highest form of the soul?
human intuition
human individuality
natural experience
simplification
The Romantics and Transcendentalists are interested in putting others first and focusing on themselves last?
True
False
Emerson and the Transcendentalists worked to define ________________ and ________________ in a new way.
religion; spirituality
industry; success
work; power
change; literature
