american lit transcendentalism

Question 0

Where was transcendentalism popular in America?

Answer 0

New England

Question 1

When was transcendentalism popular

Answer 1

1830-1840

Question 2

List three writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson .

Answer 2

Snowstorm-poem
Nature
Self-reliance

Question 3

Where was Ralph Waldo Emerson from?

Answer 3

Boston, Massachusetts

Question 4

According to Emerson what is the important factor in how one describes nature?

Answer 4

Emotions/mood

Question 5

Which of the transcendental beliefs discussed in class ties in directly with Emerson’s essay Self Reliance?

Answer 5

Celebrated individualism *
Humanity is good
Value imagination over reason

Question 6

What did Emerson truly appreciate about individuals like Socrates, Jesus, and Galileo ?

Answer 6

Came up with ideas on their own no matter how crazy they were and if people did not support them

Question 7

What was the name of the farm Thoreau considers buying

Answer 7

Hallowell farm

Question 8

What are 3 contrasts between Thoreau and Emerson ?

Answer 8

Thoreau - better writer did what he wrote about doing more autobiographical
Emerson better speaker

Question 9

What are three aspects of thoreau’s writing style?

Answer 9

Autobiographical metaphors and symbols humorous likes to quote others

Question 10

Name one other author writer that Thoreau quotes within Walden?

Answer 10

Cato

Question 11

How long did Thoreau stay at Walden Pond?

Answer 11

Couple years

Question 12

What was Civil Disobedience about?

Answer 12

Grievances with government

Question 13

List two writings by Nathaniel Hawthorne .

Answer 13

The Minister’s Black Veil

The Scarlett Letter

Question 14

What lessons does Hawthorne want readers to learn by the end of the story The Minister’s Black Veil?

Answer 14

Everyone sins

Question 15

Where was hawthorne’s ancestors from?

Answer 15

Salem, Massachusetts

Question 16

How did Hawthorne feel about his ancestors ?

Answer 16

Didn’t like them

Question 17

Who was Elizabeth?

Answer 17

Minister’s fiancé

Question 18

How would you describe Hawthorne’s writing style?

Answer 18

Dark anti transcendentalist

Question 19

Which writers greatly influenced the writings of Herman Melville?

Answer 19

Hawthorne and Emerson

Question 20

Give an example of foreshadowing in Moby Dick?

Answer 20

Elijah
Queequeg’s coffin
Inn keepers name

Question 21

What could the white whale be a symbol of?

Answer 21

God
Money
Evil

Question 22

What could Ahab be symbolic of?

Answer 22

Opposite of what ever white whale is

Question 23

What is the name of Ahab’s boat?

Answer 23

Peaquod

Question 24

What two authors were not popular until after their deaths?

Answer 24

Thoreau and Melville

Question 25

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds "

Answer 25

Emerson

Question 26

"(In nature) I become transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all"

Answer 26

Emerson

Question 27

Enclosed | In a tumultuous privacy of storm.

Answer 27

Emerson

Question 28

" a person may not keep pace with his companions because he hears a different drummer."

Answer 28

Thoreau

Question 29

"And this is what ye have shipped for, men! To chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out."

Answer 29

Melville

Question 30

"Simplify, simplify, simplify "

Answer 30

Thoreau

Question 31

"To be great is to be misunderstood "

Answer 31

Emerson