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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhere did the Transcendentalists believe that you could find God?NatureChurchInside yourselfAt the flagpole
- 2. Multiple ChoiceAmerican Transcendentalists did NOT like which of the following?NatureIndependenceSlaveryNon Conformity
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who is considered the "father" of Transcendentalism?
Henry David Thoreau
Margaret Fuller
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Robin Williams
- 4. Multiple Choice
Transcendentalists believe that ___________ , humanity, and nature share a universal soul.
God
Animals
Literature
Government
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Transcendentalists believed in self-reliance and free thought.
True
False
- 6. Multiple Choice
Transcendentalists believed all people are inherently:
good
evil
neutral
bad
- 7. Multiple ChoiceTranscendentalism values...NonconformityConformityTechnological advancesSociety
- 8. Multiple Choice
In Walden, Thoreau is advocating for...
attention to detail
more social freedom
less individuality
simple, structured living
- 9. Multiple Choice
Transcendentalism is a movement of the 1900s?
True
False
- 10. Multiple ChoiceTranscendentalism was a social reform movement that valued ___________ over Society.UnityGovernmentIndividualitySociety
- 11. Multiple Choice
What values did Emerson and Thoreau share?living simply and being true to one's selfmaterial thingsbeing kindbeing social - 12. Multiple ChoiceThoreau believes that technological advances lead to a better way of life?FalseTrue
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the transcendentalist belief about nature?
nature is "just there"
nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality
nature is unstable and changes too much
nature is the origin of evil
- 14. Multiple Choice
Transcendentalism encourages:
following the rules
being like everyone else
joining the majority opinion
not conforming to what others do and say
- 15. Multiple Choice
According to the Transcendentalists, the way to discover spirituality is:
by looking inwards & connecting to nature to discover self
by listening to what your parents & following the rules
by going to church every Wednesday & Sunday
by listening to music & reading poetry
- 16. Multiple Choice
Transcendentalists believed in:
the Power of the Government
the Power of Technology
the Power of the Individual
the Power of God
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following preferred intuition over reason?
Puritan
Native American
American Gothic
Transcendentalism
- 18. Multiple Choice
What did Transcendentalism come as a response to?
Romanticism
Dark Romanticism
Modernism
Rationalism
- 19. Multiple Choice
Transcendentalism is NOT
a religion
a literary movement
a philosophy
- 20. Multiple Choice
Transcendentalism was part of which literary movement?
Colonialism
Rationalism and the Enlightenment
American Realism
American Romaticism
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