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- 1. Multiple ChoiceMost Transcendentalists were involved in either the anti-slavery or the women's rights movementsTrueFalse
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat college did both Emerson and Thoreau attend?YaleStanfordPrincetonHarvard
- 3. Multiple Choice
Transcendentalism was
A movement that emphasized the importance of conformity and nature.
A movement that believed all humans are evil and need to be controlled by society.
A movement that celebrated the divine nature of the individual and the natural world.
A movement that celebrated transcendental yoga, and the idea that meditation can send you to a great spiritual plane.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceFill in the blank: ____________________ > Society.ToneIndividualismInstinctNature
- 5. Multiple Choice
Wrote "Self-Reliance" and created the idea of Transcendentalism.
Margret Fuller
Henry David Thoreau
Bronson Alcott
Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 6. Multiple ChoiceEmerson: "There is a time in every man's education whe he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance, that imitation is ________."reliancesuiciderightmight
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the point of the comparison Emerson makes between the kernel of corn and human effort?You must work hard to nurture vegetable crops, just as you must work hard to achieve your potential.People cannot survive without food, so we must all work very hard.As corn grows slowly, so it takes a long time for people to realize their potential.A kernel of corn is very small and hard to see. In a similar way, our potential is often hidden and hard to see.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceEmerson states that the most sacred part of a person is —the work that they accomplishthe integrity of their individual mindtheir courage to be a nonconformistthe shadow that they cast on the world
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these statements best characterized the central idea of "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson?Meekness is the virture that fosters self-awarenessRely on your own instinctscustoms serve a valuable purpose
- 10. Multiple Choice
According to Emerson, what makes someone a fully realized person?
fitting in with others (conformity)
achieving their potential
following their own conscience
staying pure and wise in spirit alone
- 11. Multiple Choice
The tone of Emerson’s essay is best described as —
unmoving
despairing
uplifting
gloomy
- 12. Multiple Choice
According to Emerson, how should we feel after we have worked hard to achieve a goal?
angry and cheated
relieved and happy
annoyed and tired
resentful and gloomy
- 13. Multiple Choice
Define: integrity (n.)
sound moral principles
excelling
revealed
fixed or strong belief
- 14. Multiple Choice
A ________________ is a figure of speech that implies a comparison between two relatively unlikely things.
Ex: "Life is a highway!"
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
- 15. Multiple Choice
A ________________ is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things usually with the words "like" or "as".
Ex: "She dances like a chicken on hot coals!"
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
- 16. Multiple Choice
To what "iron string" does every heart vibrate?
Accept defeat.
Be the hero.
Trust thyself.
Follow the rules.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Emerson says that the most sacred part of person is
the shadow they cast on the world
the good example they show to others
the integrity of the individual mind
their physical good health
- 18. Multiple Choice
What does Emerson call "the hobgoblin of little minds"? That is, what makes unintelligent people comfortable remaining unintelligent?
consistency
society
cowardice
conspiracy
- 19. Multiple ChoiceComplete the following quote: "To be great is to be...."saveda geniusintelligentmisunderstood
- 20. Multiple Choice
Emerson says it is okay to contradict tomorrow what you said today.
true
false
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