Transcendentalism – Flashcards
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What is the central idea of "Civil Disobedience"?
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Citizens should be willing to act on their opinions.
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What two groups does King express disappointment in?
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the white moderate and the white church
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In his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," why does MLK feel that the demonstrations in Birmingham are necessary?
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Because there is way too much injustice in Birmingham
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Based on "Civil Disobedience," what can you infer about Thoreau's political philosophy?
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He believes people are politically responsible for themselves.
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How does King respond to the clergymen's concern that the laws are being broken?
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Even though the laws are civil laws, they are not morally correct laws. So it is necessary to break them
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What troubles King about the clergymen's commendation of the local police?
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That the clergymen did not see the amount of violence the police used against the demonstrators
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How does King respond to the accusation that he is an extremist?
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He responds that Jesus was also considered an extremist.
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How does Thoreau feel about being alone?
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He has never found a companion as good as solitude.
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When did Thoreau say were some of his most pleasant times while at Walden Pond?
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during the long rain storms
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Which of these statements best reflects Thoreau's philosophy as expressed in "Solitude"?
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Living a simple life close to nature lets a person concentrate on important things.
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True or False: When he is at Walden Pond, Thoreau has no visitors.
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False
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How far is the nearest neighbor from Thoreau when he is at Walden Pond?
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1 mile
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I loaf and invite my soul.
I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
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Observation of nature is a valuable activity.
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There are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, / If they are not yours as much they are mine they are nothing, or next to nothing.
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If poetry does not express new ideas and feelings, it is worthless.
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The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night,
Ya-honk he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation.
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Wild creatures can inspire a sense of adventure in people.
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Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, /
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
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The human spirit is capable of contradictions, which is no bad thing.
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I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,
Hoping to cease not till death.
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Life is an active business, not a passive one.
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In "Song of Myself," when the speaker says, "I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, / Hoping to cease not till death," what do you think he is beginning?
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writing peotry
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What literary term is being used in the following example?
Compared with that profounder site
That polar privacy
A soul admitted to itself -
Finite Infinity
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slant rhyme
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In "Because I could not stop for Death -," Death is personified as
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a carriage driver
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Which of these statements best characterizes the central idea of "Self-Reliance"?
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Rely on your own instincts
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What style of poetry Is Whitman known for writing?
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free verse
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Which of the following elements prevents "Song of Myself" from becoming an exercise in ego and selfishness?
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The poem's linking of the individual self to a universal self
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In the following stanza from "I heard a Fly buzz," which words create slant rhyme?
I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air—
Between the Heaves of Storm—
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room and storm
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Which of the following images is the central image in "Because I could not stop for Death—"?
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a carriage ride
