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Vocabulary Quiz #1: Transcendentalism and Poetry

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word transcend?

a)

to make evident or certain by showing, displaying, or invoking

b)

A system of beliefs and values

c)

to rise above or beyond, exceed

d)

an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning

2.

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word manifest?

a)

to make evident or certain by showing, displaying, or invoking

b)

adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.

c)

an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

d)

an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning

3.

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word abolition?

a)

an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning

b)

an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

c)

the right to vote in political elections

d)

the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.

4.

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word "suffrage?"

a)

the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.

b)

the right to vote in political elections

c)

anything that pertains to a person's relationship with a nonmaterial life force or higher power

d)

possible, able to happen; something that can develop or become a reality

5.

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word philosophy?

a)

A system of beliefs and values

b)

to rise above or beyond, exceed

c)

Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.

d)

to make evident or certain by showing, displaying, or invoking

6.

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word spirituality?

a)

anything that pertains to a person's relationship with a nonmaterial life force or higher power.

b)

Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.

c)

an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

d)

to make evident or certain by showing, displaying, or invoking

7.

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word conformity?

a)

an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning

b)

Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.

c)

the right to vote in political elections

d)

an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

8.

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word intuition?

a)

an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

b)

adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.

c)

an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning

d)

the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.

9.

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word conscience?

a)

anything that pertains to a person's relationship with a nonmaterial life force or higher power

b)

an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning

c)

an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

d)

to make evident or certain by showing, displaying, or invoking

10.

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word potential?

a)

to make evident or certain by showing, displaying, or invoking

b)

an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning

c)

anything that pertains to a person's relationship with a nonmaterial life force or higher power

d)

possible, able to happen; something that can develop or become a reality

11.

What is "enjambment?"

a)

The rhyming of words at the ends of the lines.

b)

The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of a poem to the next, without a pause between the lines.

c)

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.

d)

A pause in the work to make the reader reflect on the speaker's point of view and/or actions.

12.

What is a "caesura?"

a)

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.

b)

The repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

c)

A break or pause in the middle of a line of poetry.

d)

The repetition of initial vowel sounds at the beginnings of words.

13.

What is a "couplet?"

a)

A break or pause in the middle of a line of poetry.

b)

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.

c)

The repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

d)

A piece of art that is used to inspire Early Romantic Period writers.

14.

What is an "alliteration?"

a)

The repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

b)

A break or pause in the middle of a line of poetry.

c)

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.

d)

A dramatic device used in Shakespeare plays.

15.

What is an "extended metaphor?"

a)

A metaphor that compares two unlike things in various ways throughout a paragraph, a stanza, or an entire selection.

b)

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.

c)

The rhyming of words at the ends of the lines.

d)

A type of word used in a sentence that avoids repetition of commonly used words.