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100


  • Emerson said, “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” What idea is he promoting?


What is individualism?

100


  • Thoreau refused to pay a tax to protest what?



What is slavery and the Mexican-American War?



100


  • : Why did Thoreau go to the woods?



  •  What is to live deliberately and confront the essential facts of life?
100


  • According to Emerson in Nature, where can we find a direct connection to God?


What is in nature?

100


  • Whitman’s poetry often celebrates what?

What is the individual?

200


  • According to Self-Reliance, what is the “hobgoblin of little minds”?


What is foolish consistency?

200


  • What does Thoreau say is more important than obeying the law?


What is following your conscience or intuition?

200


  • Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity” emphasizes what key theme?



    • What is living simply and purposefully?
200


  • What relationship does Emerson describe between man and the natural world?





  • What is a harmonious and spiritual connection?
200


  • Whitman is known for using what poetic structure that breaks traditional form?


  • Answer: What is free verse?
300

What won’t  God accept about his work?

What is He will not have his work made manifest by cowards?

300


  • Thoreau says the best government is what?


What is the government that governs least?

300


  • Thoreau criticizes people for being too concerned with what?


What is materialism and superficial concerns?

300

What does it mean to be “glad to the brink of fear”?

What is To be both excited and terrified at the same time.

300


  • How does Whitman’s style reflect Transcendentalist ideals?

What is by focusing on the self, nature, and spiritual experience?

400

Why is it great to be misunderstood?

What is because you stood up for your beliefs despite everything.

400


  • According to Thoreau, when should the government be resisted?


When the government violates morals and justice.

400


  • What does Thoreau mean by “sucking out all the marrow of life”?



    • What is experiencing life to its fullest?
400

How can nature be both a comic and mourning piece?

What is It depends on what the person feels and how that feeling colors the perception of nature?

400

Where does he tell you he will do upon his death? 

What is “bequeath myself to the dirt- look for me under your boot soles”

500

What conviction comes in every man’s education? 

What is “imitation is suicide, envy is ignorance”

500


  • What modern movements were influenced by Civil Disobedience?


What is The Civil Rights movement and Ghandi’s non- violent resistance or Nelson Madela’s non violent protest against apartheid.

500


  • According to Thoreau, what is more valuable than riches?


  •  What is personal growth or spiritual well-being?
500

When does Emerson become a transparent eyeball?

what is in nature when mean egotism vanishes?
500

In what ways does Whitman celebrate our nation? 

What is cataloging the occupations and the diversity of the American people?