ENGL 202 quiz 5
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Question 1
10 / 10 pts
In chapter 1 of "Nature," Emerson asserts that to be alone a man ought to...
meditate on scripture
Correct!
look at the stars
take time in the woods
read and write
Question 2
10 / 10 pts
In "Self-Reliance," Emerson suggests that every heart vibrates to which iron string?
love thy neighbor
conform to the best in society
Correct!
trust thyself
pursue the good and true and beautiful
Question 3
10 / 10 pts
Walden Pond is...
Correct!
where Thoreau retired from society for over a year
Emerson's summer house
a small body of water in Rhode Island
where Emerson wrote
Walden
and "Civil Disobedience"
Question 4
10 / 10 pts
What was the total cost of Thoreau's house?
free
more than $1,000
Correct!
less than $30
between $100-$200
Question 5
10 / 10 pts
In context of Emerson's argument, the quote "Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers" means that
....
we should honor our ancestors
Correct!
we should build something new
we should strive for more intimacy in our families
we should not be so quick to throw out tradition
Question 6
10 / 10 pts
In "Self-Reliance," Emerson says that "consistency" is
the main characteristic of a rational mind
the basis of individualism
too rare
Correct!
foolish
Question 7
10 / 10 pts
Finish the quote from
Walden
: "The mass of men lead lives of..."
ardent striving
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truth and beauty
darkness and ignorance
Correct!
quiet desperation
Question 8
10 / 10 pts
Talking of neighbors, Thoreau recommends
Correct!
realizing that what our neighbors call good is actually bad
trying to convince them of the benefits of solitude
sharing our food and resources with them in a communal lifestyle
living in harmony to increase the strength of American democracy
Question 9
10 / 10 pts
Transcendentalism was most like
Deism
Correct!
Romanticism
Puritanism
Rationalism
Question 10
10 / 10 pts
According to Thoreau, luxuries are
benefits of a highly developed capitalist economy