Transcendentalism and Dark Romanticism

Vocabulary

100

Question 1: Characters

People in the story

200

Question 2: Plot

Events that happen in the story

300

Question 3: Sequence

The order of events in a story

400

Question 4: Alliteration

Repeating of letters or sounds at the beginning of consecutive words

500

Question 5: What is the difference between Direct and Indirect Characterization?

Direct characterization is where the author DIRECTLY lists characteristics or personality traits; Indirect characterization is where these things are hinted at and must be inferred from the characters' actions

Transcendentalism

100

Question 6: True or False

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent a night in jail for tax evasion.

False

200

Question 7: Which of the following is NOT a Transcendentalist writer:

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Edgar Allan Poe

Henry David Thoreau

Margaret Fuller

Edgar Allan Poe

300

Question 8: Why did Thoreau stay at Walden Pond for 2 weeks?

To find the true meaning of life; "to suck the marrow out of life"

400

Question 9: Why did Transcendentalists believe it was important to get closer to Nature?

To get closer to God; it's God's garden; represents the purest form of balance in the world; to lead simpler, less materialistic lives

500

Question 10: List 2 (or more) of the common themes of Transcendentalism

Spirituality through Nature, Individuality, Self-Reliance, and Simplistic Living

DarkRomanticism

100

Question 11: True or False

In "The Pit and the Pendulum", the narrator dies due to the rats eating him alive.

False

200

Question 12: Which of the following is NOT a Dark Romantic writer:

Edgar Allan Poe

Herman Melville

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Emerson

300

Question 13: What is the setting of "The Minister's Black Veil"?

Milford, MA; a Puritan community

400

Question 14: Who is the first person to ask Mr. Hooper to remove the veil and what is their reasoning for it?

His wife; she fears for his reputation as she has already heard rumors circulating

500

Question 15: List 3 (or more) of the common themes of Dark Romanticism

Death, Grief, Isolation, Torture, Sin and Punishment, and Human Fallibility

Symbolism and Themes

100

Question 16: What does the raven symbolize in "The Raven"? 

Eternal grief

200

Question 17: What is the theme of Emerson's essay, "Self-Reliance"?

Don't rely on other people to do the work for you - be able to trust in yourself and always do what is best for you and the way you live

300

Question 18: What does Nature symbolize to Transcendentalists like Emerson and Thoreau?

Balance; Beauty; Connection to God

400

Question  19: What lesson is Mr. Hooper trying to teach his parishioners by wearing the black veil?

To teach them that God is the only true judge and that everyone wears a figurative black veil until the time of their death and subsequent Judgement 

500

Question 20:What is the pit and its corresponding punishment meant to symbolize in "The Pit and the Pendulum"? 

The pit represents Hell and the corresponding punishment of fumbling around in the dark until one falls into it is meant to represent a sinner's life and how they stumble through life without "the light of God" before dying and going to Hell

Authors

100

Question 21: True or False: Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Pit and the Pendulum"

True

200

Question 22: Name the 2 authors we read from the Dark Romantic period

Poe and Hawthorne

300

Question 23: Name the 2 writers we read from the Transcendentalist period

Emerson and Thoreau

400

Question 24: Who wrote the Minister's Black Veil?

Nathaniel Hawthorne

500

Question 25: Which of the authors did we read that was born in Salem, Massachusetts and whose writings were widely shaped by the influence of Puritan ideals on society? 

Nathaniel Hawthorne