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The Journey readings and PPP

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does this quote mean: "What lies behind you and what lies before you, pale in comparison to what lies within you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson."

a)

A person's character and values are more essential than the past or the future

b)

It is a rejection of the transcendental movement

c)

The past and the future are not as vital as the present

d)

It is what it is

2.

What sources from this unit believe in the divinity of nature?

a)

Henry David Thoreau, Christopher Knight, Anne LaBastille, Alexander Supertramp

b)

Henry David Thoreau, Anne LaBastille, Alexander Supertramp, Jack London

c)

Henry David Thoreau, Anne LaBastille, Alexander Supertramp

d)

Henry David Thoreau, Anne LaBastille, Jack London

3.

The study of individualism traces back to

a)

The Koran

b)

The Bible

c)

Henry David Thoreau

d)

The Illiad and the Odyssey

4.

Life is a highway is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

irony

5.

How is the theme of a journey "universal"?

a)

It applies to people all over the world in all different decades

b)

It applies to people all over the world

c)

It is written in numerous languages

d)

It is an experience that most people relish

6.

How did Anne LaBastille engage with nature?

a)

She lived in the woods all alone and never engaged with other people

b)

She was an expert hunter

c)

She lived in the woods, she became a guide and she wrote books about conservationl

d)

She was torn between solitude and socialbility

7.

Why did Wendy Brown go back to high school?

a)

She was living vicariously through her daughter

b)

She needed a high school diploma to obtain a better job

c)

She strove to make up for what she missed out on her first time in high school

8.

In Alexander Supertramp's mind, who was king?

(a)  

9.

Alexander Supertramp rejected this type of economic system

(a)  

10.

Alexander Supertramp and Henry David Thoreau would agree that less is (a)  

11.

Alexander Supertramp, Henry David Thoreau and Anne LaBastille all valued self- (a)