Unit 6

Question 0

Who did they declare the true God to be?

Answer 0

Over-Soul

Question 1

What is a fundamental belief of Transcendentalism?

Answer 1

Things are steadily moving upward towards perfection.

Question 2

The philosophical leader of transcendentalism and a pivotal figure in American literature

Answer 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 3

How did Emerson define poetry?

Answer 3

As a meter making argument

Question 4

Emerson was described as what?

Answer 4

The nine-tenth century arch-heretic

Question 5

What was Emerson’s true vocation?

Answer 5

Lecturing throughout America

Question 6

Emerson’s poetry and prose both reveal much better development in what?

Answer 6

Content rather than style

Question 7

His transcendentalism contradicts Christianity by supporting what doctrines?

Answer 7

1) the divinity of man
2) the irrelevance of the Bible
3) the perfectibility of society

Question 8

Emerson found respectability and enjoyment in what during his last years?

Answer 8

Speaking engagements at Harvard.

Question 9

“_______________” is usually regarded as one of his most significant works.

Answer 9

“Nature”

Question 10

How does Emerson define “primary wisdom”?

Answer 10

Intuition and he emphasizes that man cannot seek truth but must simply receive it.

Question 11

What is the genre of Concord Hymn?

Answer 11

Occasional poetry

Question 12

What is the structure of Concord Hymn?

Answer 12

Quatrains of abab rhyme.

Question 13

Emerson’s work Brahma reveals what?

Answer 13

The influence of the orientalist and Hinduism.

Question 14

What does the lump of mould refer to?

Answer 14

Death

Question 15

The first stanza of Hamatreya emphasizes what?

Answer 15

The first settler’s pride in ownership of land

Question 16

What does “They called me theirs, who so controlled me;” mean?

Answer 16

Because they died, they could not hold the earth; instead the earth holds them

Question 17

What happens in line 60-61 when the speaker hears the earth song?

Answer 17

He is no longer brave

Question 18

Thoreau tried what after graduating?

Answer 18

Teaching

Question 19

Thoreau’s life was characterized by what?

Answer 19

Nonconformity

Question 20

What was Thoreau’s central event of his life?

Answer 20

His residence at Walden Pond

Question 21

His works have inspired modern thinking in what?

Answer 21

The idealization of primitive life

Question 22

Thoreau lived with Emerson and his family during _______ different periods of time.

Answer 22

Two

Question 23

_________________ was the official publication of transcendentalism

Answer 23

The Dial

Question 24

What was Thoreau's most influential work?

Answer 24

Walden

Question 25

An artistic creation carefully shaped so as to fuse all parts into once coherent, unified whole.

Answer 25

Walden

Question 26

Thoreau also applied transcendental principles to what?

Answer 26

Politics

Question 27

According to Civil Disobedience the practical or actual basis for the majority rule is what?

Answer 27

Physical strength

Question 28

According to Thoreau that "which govern not at all" or "which governs least" is what?

Answer 28

The best government of all

Question 29

The Biblical Allusion of the crucifixion of Christ emphasizes what?

Answer 29

The evil of government

Question 30

What is Thoreau's attitude toward the idea that "the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever"?

Answer 30

Skeptical

Question 31

What is Thoreau's central recommendations?

Answer 31

Simplify

Question 32

Who extended Emerson's ideas to their logical outcomes?

Answer 32

Whitman

Question 33

What was Whitman's long-range effect ?

Answer 33

To encourage total freedom in poetic content and style

Question 34

Has a strong influence on modern american poetry

Answer 34

Whitman

Question 35

What is the name of Whitman's central work, a collection of poems refined and revised for 37 years?

Answer 35

Leaves of Grass

Question 36

What does whitman's work reveal?

Answer 36

- self worship - sexual explicitness - unity with nature

Question 37

What is Whitman's usual preference in poetic style?

Answer 37

Free verse

Question 38

What is one of Whitman's most characteristic stylistic techniques?

Answer 38

Repetition

Question 39

In I Hear America Singing Whitman uses a cataloging technique by

Answer 39

Listing common occupations

Question 40

List 3 common occupations listed I Hear America Singing

Answer 40

- mason - boatman - carpenter - shoemaker - mechanics

Question 41

The expression "what belongs to him or her and to none else" emphasizes what?

Answer 41

Democratic beliefs, no element is more important than another. All are equal

Question 42

Why does Whitman include congress,am with the names Kanuck, Tuckahoe, and Cuff?

Answer 42

To show that a congressman is not different or better than anyone else

Question 43

What are the 3 symbols in When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd?

Answer 43

Lilac, star, thrush

Question 44

How is the theme of praise for the United States developed?

Answer 44

Primarily by the journey of the coffin

Question 45

"Dark mother" and "strong deliveress" refer to what?

Answer 45

A song of praise to death.

Question 46

What is The Dial?

Answer 46

The official publication of transcendentalists

Question 47

According to Thoreau, what is the best government of all?

Answer 47

That "which govern not at all" or "which governs least"

Question 48

What does Thoreau's Walden experience illustrate about the influence of society?

Answer 48

That society tends to deaden man's appreciation of the true beauty and wisdom of nature

Question 49

What is the Bible principle in Walden that working men violate?

Answer 49

The command to not "lay up treasures which moth and rust correct and thieves break through and steal"

Question 50

What is the name of Whitman's central work, a collection of poems refined and revised for 37 years?

Answer 50

Leaves of Grass

Question 51

What does whitman's work reveal?

Answer 51

- self worship - sexual explicitness - unity with nature

Question 52

What is Whitman's usual preference in poetic style?

Answer 52

Free verse

Question 53

What is one of Whitman's most characteristic stylistic techniques?

Answer 53

Repetition

Question 54

In I Hear America Singing Whitman uses a cataloging technique by

Answer 54

Listing common occupations

Question 55

List 3 common occupations listed I Hear America Singing

Answer 55

- mason - boatman - carpenter - shoemaker - mechanics

Question 56

The expression "what belongs to him or her and to none else" emphasizes what?

Answer 56

Democratic beliefs, no element is more important than another. All are equal

Question 57

Why does Whitman include congress,am with the names Kanuck, Tuckahoe, and Cuff?

Answer 57

To show that a congressman is not different or better than anyone else

Question 58

What are the 3 symbols in When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd?

Answer 58

Lilac, star, thrush

Question 59

How is the theme of praise for the United States developed?

Answer 59

Primarily by the journey of the coffin

Question 60

"Dark mother" and "strong deliveress" refer to what?

Answer 60

A song of praise to death.

Question 61

What is The Dial?

Answer 61

The official publication of transcendentalists

Question 62

According to Thoreau, what is the best government of all?

Answer 62

That "which govern not at all" or "which governs least"

Question 63

What does Thoreau's Walden experience illustrate about the influence of society?

Answer 63

That society tends to deaden man's appreciation of the true beauty and wisdom of nature

Question 64

What is the Bible principle in Walden that working men violate?

Answer 64

The command to not "lay up treasures which moth and rust correct and thieves break through and steal"