Transcendentalism & Elements of a Sentence

Who was the founding father of Transcendentalism?

• Thoreau
• Whitman
• Emerson
• Waldo

Transcendentalism was a social reform movement that valued ___________ over Society.

• Unity
• Government
• Individuality
• Society

What values did Emerson and Thoreau share? 

• living simply and being true to one's self
• material things
• being kind
• being social 

Thoreau believes that technological advances lead to a better way of life?

• False
• True

True or False. Henry paid all of his taxes

• False
• True

Transcendentalism is a _______________.

• literary movement
• social reform movement
• philosophical movement
• all of the above

What is the transcendentalist belief about nature?

• nature is "just there"

• nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality

• nature is unstable and changes too much

• nature is the origin of evil

Transcendentalism encourages:

• following the rules

• being like everyone else

• joining the majority opinion

• not conforming to what others do and say

The Transcendentalists believed in self-reliance and free thought.

• True

• False

According to the Transcendentalists, the way to discover spirituality is:

• by looking inwards & connecting to nature to discover self

• by listening to what your parents & following the rules

• by going to church every Wednesday & Sunday

• by listening to music & reading poetry