History & Bios
In order, Emerson & Thoreau's birth years
1803 & 1817
Emerson believed that nature could match a person's mood. He expresses this sentiment with this quote: "Nature is a setting that fits equally well a ______________ or a _______________ piece.
comic / mourning.
Fill in the blank (200 pt question - 100 points for each correct answer)
There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that ____________ is ignorance; that _____________ is suicide;
envy / ignorance
Why was Thoreau so pleased with his transaction with Mr. Hollowell at the Hollowell Farm?
A - he didn't get his fingers burned by possessions
B - he enjoys commitments, which define him as a person
C - both A & B
D - none of the above
A - he didn't get his fingers burned by possessions
Name the greatest witch of all time
Tituba
Three events that occured in Emerson's life before he returned on a ship with Transcendentalism
- Attended/graduated from Harvard Divinity School
- Became minister at the 2nd Church of Boston
- his wife died
- he left the church
- went to Europe where he met progressive thinkers
Emerson truly loves nature, claiming that he is "glad to the brink of _________________."
Fear
What do you think the following means?
"though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."
1 - Find your place and go to work
(Yes, this was done on purpose)
1 - Find your place and go to work
Thoreau concludes his criticism of commitment--as well as his anecdote about his time bargaining with Mr. Hollowell--by comparing two places in society. These two places are...
a farm and the county jail
This person stole and fled from Rev. Parris
Abigail "The Night Thief" Williams
When Thoreau was wearing his green coat, his classmates were wearing _________________ coats.
A - Black
B - Blue
C - Khaki
D - Army Green
A - Black
M.C. (Simply write the letter)
Which quote below--1, 2 or 3--shows Emerson's belief that in nature judgment and insecurity don't exist?
1 - Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes.
2 - There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair.
3 - The name of the nearest friend sounds more foreign and accidental: to be brothers, to be acquaintances, — master or servant, is then a trifle and a disturbance.
1 - Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes.
Fill in the blank:
We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that ______________ which each of us represents.
A - unique trait
B - divine idea
C - special idea
D - none of the above
B - divine idea
An absolute no talker
200 points: Thoreau's middle name
100 points: Smokey the Bear's middle name
David
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Elizabeth Proctor was in possession of a_________ which was damning evidence and caused her arrest
A Poppet (Tart)
Get it?
2 years.
What is one of Thoreau's famous quotes regarding the study of numbers, angles, area and other irrelevant things
"This ain't math class, Bud!"
Fill in the Blank/ MC:
Whoso would be a man must be a(n) _____________________.
A - individual
B - example of self-reliance
C - nonconformist
D - individual and nonconformist
C - nonconformist
Answerer either A or B:
In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and _________ will not be _________, nor _________ _________, nor _________ _________.
A - dominance dominance; power power; strength strength
B - solitude solitude; poverty poverty; weakness weakness
B
In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness_.
Reverend Hale claims his books were weighted (heavy) with ________________ ?
Authority
Where did Emerson come up with Transcendentalism
A cruise to Europia
The excerpt we read concludes with Emerson asserting "that the power to produce this delight, does not reside in nature, but in man, or in a harmony of both." In under 15 words and in under a minute please summarize the meaning of this quote.
The power of nature is in nature, but it's in you as well...better yet it's in a harmonious connection between you and it.
What's a good thing to say before people take a test in an Honors Gr. 11 English classroom?
A- write your name on the top of the sheet
B - Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
C - both a and b
B - Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
(16-17 year olds who have read "Self-Reliance" should not have to be reminded to write their name on a test)
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different __________ . Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
A - sound
B - pace
C - drummer
D - rhythm
C - drummer
Throughout the play John Proctor's ____________ symbolized his struggles and deteriorating mental capacities?
His teeth