WorksheetsRomanticism, Transcendentalism, Emerson and Thoreau
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Who were some of the leading people in the Romanticism movement?
Shakespeare, Macbeth, and Queen Elizabeth the First
William Wordsworth, John Keets, Emily Bronte, Lord Byron and William Blake
Dickens, Austin, and Whittier
Lancaster, Cleveland, and Greenwood
Transcendentalism was an offshoot of...
Romanticism
Dark Gothic
Nature Study
Mentalism
What was Emerson's famous motto?
"Overcome evil with good."
"Answer a question with your own question."
"Do unto others as you would have them do to you."
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
What was the main idea of Thoreau's Walden?
"... extravagance is not the key in life."
"...people don't need a ton of material things."
"...to find the meaning of life."
"...keep it simple and not too complicated."
Contrast romanticism with the Age of Reason
It is better to be a Romanticist than the Age of Reason
Romanticism is more focused on human emotion and entertainment, whereas the Age of Reason is focused on strict attention to reasoning.
Romanticism is about flowers; whereas the Age of Reason is more wise
Romanticism focuses on truth; whereas Reason focuses on Love
What were Thoreau's thoughts on his cabin?
Thoreau thought that people should live simply and move away from a materialistic lifestyle.
Thoreau reasoned that reading books were better than listening to others.
Thoreau moved away to learn many things about Science.
Thoreau liked to talk about himself and how to make things by hand.
Transcendentalism had many leaders, name three.
Dial, Rolly, and Emily
Waldo, Ralph, and Elizabeth
Poe, Keets, and Espree
Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller
What was the name of the Transcendentalist Club that Thoreau was a member of?
The Lion
The Train
The Dial
The Digit
What was Thoreau's opinion about connecting to Nature and people?
Thoreau believed that some people were good and nature sometimes helped us be a better person.
Thoreau believed the people were to be avoided and nature got in the way.
Thoreau believed that everyone should stop and smell the roses.
Thoreau believed that people had an inherent goodness and that nature brought us closer to spirituality.
Transcendentalists believed that the way to discover spirituality is:
to openly trust what people told you to believe.
to look inwards and connect to nature to discover self.
to always follow the rules of life.
to read often, discover what others think, then decide your own thoughts.
What are the three essential characteristics or principles of Transcendntalism?
People are inherently evil and nature deceives.
Material things will lead you to want more and nature will not.
The good in this earth is in good people and the most colorful flowers of nature.
Individualism, idealism, and the divinity of nature are essential.
Why did Thoreau decide to build a cabin on Walden Pond?
Thoreau's brother died, so he decided he did not like city life; he wanted a simple life of solitude.
Thoreau wanted to see if he could live alone for two years.
Thoreau loved to fish and swim in a pond.
Thoreau built the cabin for his fiance to live in.
What did Emerson value?
Emerson valued individualism, self-worth, and embracing one's strengths and instincts.
Emerson valued his house, wife, and children.
Emerson valued the thoughts of others.
Emerson valued what the literature of his day revealed.
Why did Thoreau choose to live in the woods?
to avoid other people
to live meaningfully
to get closer to nature
to challenge himself to do so
Thoreau states, "We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us." Which of the following statements explains the figurative language used in this quote?
Thoreau predicts the end of small business craftsmanship in the face of an increasingly industrialized world represented by the train.
Thoreau grieves for those whom the railroad industry has taken advantage of, specifically those who died while building it.
Thoreau comments on how aspects of modern life, such as the train control the lives of the people who use them rather than the other way around.
Thoreau denounces the use of public transportation, arguing that it is pointless if one cannot take one exactly where one chooses.
Why does Thoreau dislike the railroad?
People buy train tickets as a superficial sign for their wealth.
The railroad is too fast and dangerous for his tastes.
People put more effort and value into it than their own lives.
They are destroying the natural scenery of th ecountryside.
Which of the following is an idiom?
Over the river and through the woods.
He swims like a fish.
Once upon a time.
Under the weather.
Romanticism...
was first defined as an aesthetic in literary criticism around 1800, and it gained momentum as an artistic movement in France.
Is a twentieth-century belief that mankind is good.
is an idealistic thought about marriage.
was happening during the Roman times.
Transcendentalism is...
a love of people
an ideal way of life
a way to transcend the way we garden
a religion of philosophy to love nature and trust emotions rather than reason
Ralph Waldo Emerson's most known essay was...
"School of Thought"
"A Collection of Wisdom"
"Self-Reliance"
"A Field of Dreams"
