Desmond - La 11 - Transcendentalist Unit Test

Front 1

List the four Fireside Poets.

Back 1

1) Whittier, 2) Longfellow, 3) Holmes, 4) Lowell

Front 2

How did the Fireside Poets differ from Transcendentalists?

Back 2

Contrast the style of transcendentalism with the style of the Fireside Poets. See your text - pgs. 239, 298, 306, 312, 318 and other relevant pages

Front 3

Can you define Transcendentalism?

Back 3

1) an intellectual movement 2) intuitive, 3) attention on human spirit 4) relationship to humanity is through natural world, see p. 239 in text for more

Front 4

Which author during this time period wrote that when he was immersed in nature, he felt as if nothing in life could befall him?

Back 4

Emerson or his complete name is:
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Front 5

Who was believed to be the leader of the Transcendentalists?

Back 5

Emerson

Front 6

What is meant by the Over-Soul?

Back 6

the belief that God, nature, humanity are united in spirit through a universal soul, that is shared, also termed OVER-SOUL.

Front 7

Define apostrophe?

Back 7

it is defined as a literary device that addressed inanimate objects

Front 8

Give an example of this literary technique (apostrophe) in the poem, "The Rhodora"

Back 8

"O, rival of the rose"
Check other examples in "The Snowstorm; Concord Hymn, The Rhodora, and Brahma" all in text

Front 9

In which of Emerson's work, did he describe himself as a transparent eyeball?

Back 9

"from Nature" see pg. 240

Front 10

Know all the works by name that Emerson wrote.

Back 10

"from Nature," "from Self-Reliance," "The Snowstorm," "Concord Hymn," "The Rhodora," and "Brahma."

Front 11

Know the works by name that were written by HENRY DAVID THOREAU

Back 11

"from Walden," "from Civil Disobedience,"

Front 12

T/F - The country experienced growth in agriculture, transportation, and industry during the Transcendentalist era.

Back 12

TRUE

Front 13

T/F - This era directly or indirectly affected the writers of New England in the 1800s in some way.

Back 13

TRUE

Front 14

Emile Zola, a French philosopher, created the philosophy of Transcendentalism.
T/F

Back 14

FALSE

Front 15

T/F - HENRY DAVID THOREAU is the guiding spirit of the Transcendentalist movement.

Back 15

FALSE

Front 16

Emily Dickinson was considered to be a Transcendentalist. T/F

Back 16

FALSE

Front 17

The Anti-Transcendentalists were writers who took a pessimistic viewpoint on man and his potential in the universe. T/F

Back 17

TRUE

Front 18

HENRY DAVID THOREAU believed in a passive resistance to injustice. T/F

Back 18

TRUE

Front 19

Charles Dickens was considered to be a Transcendentalist. T/F

Back 19

FALSE

Front 20

One theme of the Anti-Transcendentalists was sin and secrecy.
T/F

Back 20

TRUE

Front 21

The time period of the Transcendalists was during the years of ____________?

Back 21

1840 - 1855

Front 22

What is the name of the German philosopher who coined Transcendentalism?

Back 22

Kant

Front 23

What is another term used for shaming punishments or "marking" those who have broken a law or guilty of an offense.

Back 23

"Putting on the scarlet letter"

Front 24

What is the literary term for a work in which everything can be symbolic for something else?

Back 24

allegory

Front 25

The following is a famous line from what work? "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

Back 25

Self-Reliance

Front 26

Two of the Anti-Transcendentalists were Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. What are two of their most famous works?

Back 26

Moby Dick (Melville) and
Hawthorne (Scarlet Letter) - In the text, find and list other names of their works.

Front 27

Who wrote Walden?

Back 27

Thoreau

Front 28

What is considered to be the central theme of Walden

Back 28

nature

Front 29

Hawthorne, an Anti-Transcendentalist, wrote about specific themes characteristic of this time period, what are they?

Back 29

sin, guilt, punishment, shame, atonement

Front 30

Can you complete the following quote from Emerson, "To be great is to be ______________"

Back 30

misunderstood
Can you find the complete work in the text?

Front 31

Who wrote the following quotation? "I find something more dear and connate in the wilderness than in the city streets."

Back 31

Emerson
Can you find the name of the literary work in the text?

Front 32

Which famous writer was known as the "Belle of Amherst"

Back 32

Emily Dickinson

Front 33

What was the date of the publication of Emily Dickinson's poetry, and why is this significant?

Back 33

the year was 1890; and it was after her death

Front 34

Which of Thoreau's work was his most famous, and contained the following quotation,"I wanted to live deep and suck all the marrow out of life..."

Back 34

it is from Walden

Front 35

Can you define style?

Back 35

the manner in which a writer puts his/her thoughts into words.

Front 36

What was unusual about Emily Dickinson's writings?

Back 36

her use of dashes, cap, rhyme, and meter.

Front 37

What is the name of the poem that focused on a monument to remember those who died serving their country in the Revolutionary War?

Back 37

Concord Hymn

Front 38

Who wrote "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls?"

Back 38

Longfellow

Front 39

Who wrote "Auspex?"

Back 39

Lowell

Front 40

Who wrote the "Snowstorm?"

Back 40

Emerson

Front 41

Who wrote "Snowbound?"

Back 41

Whittier

Front 42

Who wrote "The Chambered Nautilus?"

Back 42

Holmes

Front 43

Who wrote "A Narrow fellow in the Grass?"

Back 43

Dickinson

Front 44

Who wrote Nature and Essays?

Back 44

Emerson

Front 45

Which fireside poet was also a doctor?

Back 45

Holmes

Front 46

In the Transcendentalist movement, the writers exhibited a love for mystery and supernatural. T/F

Back 46

FALSE

Front 47

In which of the famous works (Nature, Walden, Self-Reliance) would the quotation appear, "I wanted to go to the woods to live deliberately"

Back 47

it was written in WALDEN

Front 48

Name three traits of the Anti-Transcendentalist movement.

Back 48

1) dark side or emotions of human nature 2) pessimism 3) destructiveness of humanity

Front 49

A dark and gloomy setting is a trait of the Anti-Transcendentalist movement?
T/F

Back 49

FALSE

Front 50

List themes of the Fireside Poets.

Back 50

1) home and children 2) patriotism
3) love

Front 51

Another theme of the Fireside Poets was family values and ethics. T/F

Back 51

FALSE

Front 52

There was a famous line in an Anti-Transcendentalist work that started, "Call me Ishmael" what is the name of the work?

Back 52

Moby Dick

Front 53

Who wrote "The Minister's Black Veil?"

Back 53

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Front 54

What is the name of the most famous Fireside Poet?

Back 54

Longfellow

Front 55

Doing what you want as an expression of yourself despite any criticism, is an example of what?

Back 55

Non-conformity or individuality

Front 56

What characterized the time period of 1840-1855 in literacy?

Back 56

The Transcedentalist movement

Front 57

What is the central subject of Walden?

Back 57

nature

Front 58

Following the crowd, and doing what others expect because of fear of criticism or lack of thought, is an example of what?

Back 58

Conformity

Front 59

Which author described himself as a "transparent eyeball?"

Back 59

Emerson

Front 60

Which Anti-Transcedentalist piece of literature was considered to be both a gothic romance and an allegory?

Back 60

The Scarlet Letter