Transcendental True /False
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 True | Transcendentalists believe in the divinity of man and the perfectibility of society. |
| False | In self reliance the author portrayed the need for man to rely on himself and the need to study the distant past for a better understanding of the present. |
| True | The word SPIRIT in the final stanza of "The Concord Hymn" refers to the over soul. |
| True | The poem "Brahma" reveals the influence of Hinduism on is author. |
| True | The first stanza of "Hamatreya" shows the prideful attitude about land ownership by the first settlers of the Concord area. |
| True | The work of Emerson's two disciples, Thoreau and Whitman, it today more popular than that of Emerson himself. |
| True | In the final Stanza of "Brahma" the author suggests that the Christian should embrace Brahma and reject Christianity. |
| False | According to "Hamatreya" only man is eternal. |
| True | Concord Hymn s considered an occasional poem that was written for the dedication of the Minuteman statue. |
| True | In Hamatreya although farmers can steer the plough, they cannot steer their feet clear of the grave. |
| False | Emerson's essays are difficult to read because he uses the paragraph as the unit of composition. |
| True | Thoreau's works have inspired modern thinking in the area of the environmental movement. |
| False | Walden is sometimes considered a description of the despair and dejection that the author found in life. |
| False | "Civil Disobedience" presents the idea that violent revolution may be necessary if passive means are ineffective. |
| True | "Civil Disobedience" portrays the author's objection to a standing army. |
| True | The Central recommendation of walden is simplify. |
| False | Thoreau specifically said that he left the woods to spread his views to others. |
| True | According to "Civil Disobedience" a minority is powerless when it conforms to the majority. |
| True | In " Civil Disobedience" the author applied transcendental principles to politics. |
| True | Thoreau believes that it is a misfortune for young men to inherit land and other material possessions. |
| False | According the "Civil Disobedience" it is practical to ask for a better government but not to try to abolish government. |
| False | "Civil Disobedience" states that the authors primary goal in life, even through his view on government, is to make the world a better place to live. |
| true | According to civil disobedience it is better to develop a respect for the right than to develop a respect for the law. |
| true | The Walden experiece illustrates that transcendental ideals of romantic individualism and of spiritual freedom through denial of physical comforts. |
| false | Walden states that well-worn footpaths are beneficial, just as important ideas from the past are important. |
| true | whitman extended Emerson's ideas to their logical outcomes. |
| true | Whitman's work reveals his emphasis on self-worship. |
| true | whitman's poetry was shocking to his contemporaries because of its sexual explicitness. |
| true | In "song of Myself" the term self can defer in meaning depending on the context. |
| true | Whitman makes uses the techniques of cataloging in "I Hear America singing" by listing common occupations. |
| true | Whitman's poetry frequently uses the techniques of coined and archaic words. |
| False | In "I Hear America Singing" the expression "what belongs to him or her and to none else"emphasizes the unfortunate selfishness and prejudice of one segment of Americans |
| true | "O Captain! My Captain!" refers to Abraham Lincoln. |
| false | "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" is a public poem of mourning for the nation at the death of the president. |
| true | Whitman refined and revised his central work, a collection of poems, for thirty-seven years. |
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