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WorksheetsMajor Romantics Ch 5
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is the shape of the birthmark?
An angel
A flower
A hand
A gemstone
What was the effect the birthmark had on males?
They were charmed by it.
They hated it.
They never noticed it.
What was the effect the birthmark had on females?
They were charmed by it.
They hated it.
They never noticed it.
Why did Aylmer come to dislike the birthmark so much?
It was growing.
It was uglier in color every day.
It reminded him of his earlier failed relationships.
His wife was so perfect otherwise, that it was very much hated.
One major theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "The Birthmark", is:
the foolishness of achieving perfection
science vs. technology
man vs. machine
the strength of true love
A major motif (recurring theme or symbol) in "The Birthmark" is:
redness vs. paleness
blue vs. black
rich vs. poor
rage vs. sadness
Why is The Minister's Black Veil a parable?
Whitman’s famous book of poetry that he revised many times over his lifetime is called
(a)
Define 'free verse'
Poetry with no regular patterns of rhyme or meter
Poetry with regular patterns of rhyme or meter
Poetry written with a precise meter that does not rhyme.
Poetry with three-line stanzas with a 5/7/5 syllable count
Poetry that normally tells a story about a hero or an adventure
The speaker celebrates the differences of Americans in “I Hear America Singing” by describing:
types of workers
cultural traditions
positions in society
work tools
Describe the tone of “I Hear America Singing.”
Despondent
Celebratory
Perplexed
Dismissing
Nervous
In “A Noiseless Patient Spider,” the speaker is similar to the spider because he or she:
stands on the promontory
wants to spin a web
is looking for a connection
is launching a filament
Whitman uses a metaphor in “A Noiseless Patient Spider” to compare what two things?
Comparing a spider to a soul
Comparing a spider's web to a net
Comparing a spider's patience to a child's
Comparing a spider's life to a human's
Describe the tone of “A Noiseless Patient Spider.”
The tone is downtrodden and hopeless
The tone is cheerful and optomistic
The tone is wistful and melancholy
The tone is thoughtful and introspective
Walt Whitman's style of writing is......
Innovative
conventional
free-verse
Unconventional
Where is Bartleby set?
Wall Street
Unknown
Albany
Brooklyn
When Emerson said "envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide," he meant _____
to wish to be like someone else denies your own potential
someone else's anger is respectable when they are careful to maintain their reputation
we should be polite and restrained, because others' vulnerability scares them
people get angry only against those who are timid and easily attacked
Emerson says, "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist"; a "nonconformist" is ____
a follower of accepted customs and actions
a follower of accepted beliefs and practices
one who does not know accepted customs and practices
one who does not follow accepted beliefs and practices
When others don't like our nonconformity, Emerson says not to worry because ____
we are strong within ourselves
their contempt is just a weak, personal feeling
their sour faces are limited to the public streets
people's attitudes change slowly
Why does Emerson mention Pythagoras, Socrates, Jesus, Luther, Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton?
They were great, misunderstood thinkers
They were curious, inquisitive thinkers
They were angry, hostile thinkers
They were foolish, consistent thinkers
Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" is ____
an angry attack of the government
a abolitionist speech to end slavery
a citizen's call to action
an anarchist's desire for tradition
According to Thoreau, the best government is one that ____
governs a lot
governs as much as it governs now
governs little or not at all
governs on weekdays but takes the weekends off
When Thoreau says the American government "has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will," he means that the government ____
can be bent to the will of one man
is too powerful for one man to control
has no effect on anything
cannot be stopped by one person
Thoreau calls the American government a "wooden gun," which is ____
a symbol of war
a symbol for firearms
a metaphor for a lack of power
an analogy comparing guns to toys
That's Emerson
Nope, that's Thoreau
It's actually Walt Whitman
Is that People Magazine's 2019 Sexiest Man Alive John Legend?
Which one is Thoreau?
Which one is Emerson?
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
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
"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.
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
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
Emerson and the Transcendentalists worked to define ________________ and ________________ in a new way.
religion; spirituality
industry; success
work; power
change; literature
Thoreau lived at Walden Pond because
He wanted to get away from Emerson
He hated people
He wanted to live simply
He couldn't afford a real home
None of the above
In Walden, Thoreau explores his interests in all of the following EXCEPT
self-sufficiency
journalism
naturalism
individualism
simplicity
"Spartan" means very strict and basic. How is Thoreau's life at Walden Spartan?
He buys whatever he wants
He only brought some of his stuff to Walden and lives off the land
He hates people who only care about things.
He is very hesitant to spend any money at Walden.
What is Thoreau's opinion of newspapers?
They help us simplify our lives
They allow us to have freedom of the press
A well-written article improves knowledge
They are pretty useless
Why does Thoreau think it is unhealthy to do too much in a day?
It makes us stressful
It causes us to make mistakes
It distracts our brains
It is like being in the middle of a stormy ocean.
"I wanted to live deep and suck out all the..."
joy of life
nature of life
marrow of life
fun of life
A word Thoreau repeats throughout "Walden" is
"nature, nature, nature"
"resist, resist, resist,"
"think, think, think"
"simplicity, simplicity, simplicity"
"_______ is but the stream I go a-fishing in"
Nature
My mind
Time
Love
"In proportion as he ____________ his life, the laws of the universe will be less complex."
loves
complicates
simplifies
wastes
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different_____________"
message
answer
drummer
teacher
"It is life near the ________ where it is sweetest."
edge
pond
bone
animals
