Chapter 8- Transcendentalism

Question 1

denied the deity of Christ

Answer 1

Unitarianism

Question 2

Unitarianism says men should follow owwn

Answer 2

reason

Question 3

founder of Transcendentalism

Answer 3

Emerson

Question 4

revolved around Emerson and his teachings

Answer 4

the American Transcendental movement

Question 5

Transcendentalists believed that…

Answer 5

1. man is divine
2. not bound by Bible or human conventions
3. conscience and intution should guide

Question 6

probably came closest to carrying out the teachings of Transcendentalism

Answer 6

Thoreau

Question 7

an experiment, a supposedly utopian community

Answer 7

Brook farm

Question 8

the greatest blow to the false teachings came from God’s appointed servant

Answer 8

Charles Finney

Question 9

wrote Nature

Answer 9

Emerson

Question 10

the bible of Transcendentalism

Answer 10

Nature

Question 11

in Nature, Emerson says we should be more

Answer 11

child-like

Question 12

Why do children enjoy nature more?

Answer 12

more imagination

Question 13

wrote Self-Reliance

Answer 13

Emerson

Question 14

what did Emerson say was the only thing that can bring peace?

Answer 14

trust in yourself

Question 15

compact statements expressing a truth

Answer 15

aphorisms

Question 16

types of aphorisms

Answer 16

definition
comparison
symbols

Question 17

theme of Each and All

Answer 17

we have to view things in relationship to its surroundings

Question 18

wrote Each and All

Answer 18

Emerson

Question 19

two things that Emerson brought home in Each and All

Answer 19

nest
shells

Question 20

wrote Concord hymn

Answer 20

Emerson

Question 21

three personifications in Concord Hymn

Answer 21

Spirit
Time
Nature

Question 22

wrote A Nation’s Strength

Answer 22

Emerson

Question 23

in A Nation’s strength, Emerson said the thing a nation needs for greatness is

Answer 23

men

Question 24

wrote Voluntaries

Answer 24

Emerson

Question 25

was written as a eulogy for Colonel Robert Gould

Answer 25

Voluntaries

Question 26

wrote The Rhodora

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Emerson

Question 27

what is a rhodora

Answer 27

flower

Question 28

Then Beauty is its own excuse for being:

Answer 28

aphorism

Question 29

wrote Days

Answer 29

Emerson

Question 30

theme of Days

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he wasted his time

Question 31

wrote Fable

Answer 31

Emerson

Question 32

lesson in Emerson's Fable

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not everyone has the same talent, but we're all still important

Question 33

two things compared in Fable

Answer 33

mountain squirrel

Question 34

wrote The Quotable Emerson

Answer 34

Emerson

Question 35

wrote Walden

Answer 35

Henry David Thoreau

Question 36

why is the morning said to be the best part of the day? (accoding to Thoreau

Answer 36

most memorable season of the day

Question 37

why did Thoreau go into the words?

Answer 37

to learn as much as he can about nature

Question 38

application of life from the story of the bug according to Thoreau?

Answer 38

just like bug broke free from wood, man should break free from government and law