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What author lived on Walden Pond to discover himself?
What is Henry David Thoreau
100
What are the five I's?
What is Imagination, Intuition, Idealism, Inspiration, an Individuality.
100
In the story Walden, or Life in the Woods how much money was spent on the house that was rebuilt?
What is $28.12 1/2
200
What is the name of the famous group of authors during the romantic period?
What is Fireside Poets
200
What was one subject matter of the Romantic time period?
What is 1. Quest for beauty 2. Escape from daily troubles 3. Journey to freedom, represented in nature as opposed to the oppressive city 4. Use of far-away, imaginative settings 5. Supernatural, myth, legend & folklore
200
What happened to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's wife based on the story "The Cross of Snow"?
She buried to death.
300
Who wrote about his two wives dying?
What is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
300
What were the novels of this time period mostly focused about?
What is Remote settings, improbable plots, and experimenting with new writing styles.
300
What is Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson mainly about?
Obviously nature, but also all the things that one can learn from nature.
400
Who wrote Nature and Self-Reliance
What is Ralph Waldo Emerson
400
What was a big characteristic in writing during this time period that was shown in almost all writing?
What is American Hero
400
In the poem "The Chambered Nautilus" what does Oliver Holmes suggest?
That with each new chamber it puts old ones behind it. Just like in life when a new memory comes about it puts the older memory behind it.
500
How long did Henry David Thoreau stay at Walden Pond?
What is 2 years
500
What was the traditional style of poetry during the Romantic era?
What is European literary structure but still refecting American subject matter but still holding conventional poetry style.
500
In the story "Walden, or Life in the Woods" what did Henry David Thoreau do that was "strange" to some?
He bought a house, tore it down and rebuilt it with the materials from the orgininal house.