The American Renaissance WebQuest
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Trancendentalism Quiz
1.) What two famous twentieth-century civil rights leaders did Henry David Thoreau influence?
2.) In what American city was popular transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson born?
3.) What is the dictionary definition of the word “transcendental” as it pertains to philosophy?
4.) In what year was the Transcendental Club formed?
5.) Which religion’s doctrine did noted transcendentalist William Ellery Channing reject?
6.) Who was the transcendentalist that wrote a biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1882?
7.) What other employment did many of the transcendentalists dabble in to support themselves financially?
8.) What noted former slave, abolitionist, and black civil rights leader drew many parallels with the philosophies of transcendentalism?
9.) Who was the editor of the Transcendentalist periodical The Dial from 1840-1842?
10.) In what year did Ralph Waldo Emerson write Nature?
11.) What three noted non-transcendentalist authors did transcendentalism have a great effect on?
12.) What transcendentalist was a professor of German at Harvard University from 1872-1881?
13.) According to a perspective of transcendentalism, what does man learn about Nature?
14.) What was the typical transcendentalist opinion of slavery?
15.) What famous transcendentalist drowned in a shipwreck in 1850?
16.) What are the three nouns used to describe Jones Very in the beginning of his biography?
17.) What university did transcendentalist Reverend William Ellery Channing attend?
18.) On what national holiday did Henry David Thoreau move to his cabin on Walden Pond?
19.) What war did Henry David Thoreau refuse to pay poll taxes for, causing him to spend a night in jail?
20.) How old was Ralph Waldo Emerson when his father died, and who became a powerful influence on him afterwards?