Common Sense
The writer of Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
The Enlightenment is also called this.
What is the Age of Reason?
The writer of Walden.
Who is Henry David Thoreau
Romanticism is a response to this movement.
What is the Enlightenment?
The creator of the Gothic literature genre
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
The group of people Paine blamed on the 'evils of hereditary succession'.
Who are the Jews?
The core Transcendentalist theme of the song 'What a Wonderful World'.
What is nature?
The length of time Thoreau stayed at Walden Pond
Why did he stay for 2 years, 2 months, and 2 days?
This style is usually portrayed with fantastic tales dealing with horror, despair, the grotesque and other “dark” objects.
What is Gothicism?
Paine believed his ideas to be:
Why were his thoughts unpopular and unfashionable
The book that is considered to be the pinnacle of Transcendentalism.
What is 'Walden'?
The names of the two chapters of Walden that we studied.
What is 'Economy' and 'Where I Lived, and What I Lived For.'?
The human character of 'Death' in Emily Dickenson's poem.
What is a carriagemaster?
Edgar Allen Poe married his 13 year old cousin Virginia Clemm, they were married for 11 years until she died of tuberculosis. What famous poem was published as a response to her death?
Published The Raven in response to her death.
What is society and government?
A major theme of the Transcendentalist movement, which involved forsaking wealth for something else.
What is the pursuit of happiness?
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
What is death?
Edgar Allen Poe heavily contributed to this genre of literature:
What is science fiction?
The subjects of the four sections of Common Sense
1. Down with the English government
2. Monarchy and Hereditary Succession
3. The present state of American Affairs
4. If we fight, will we win?
The five core themes of Transcendentalism.
What is Nonconformity, Self-Reliance, Free thought, Confidence, and Importance of Nature?
The three core lessons in 'Where I Lived, and What I Lived For'.
1. Simplicity
2. Live in the present.
3. Nature can teach us more than anything human made (Importance of Nature)
Dickensen was most productive in 1850-1865, writing small bundles of poems called:
What are fascicles?
The way Edgar Allen Poe died.
What is rabies?