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Prentice Hall Literature, 9e: The American
Experience
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from "Nature," from "Self-Reliance," and
"Concord Hymn," Ralph Waldo Emerson
Results of the quiz.
1. What Transcendentalist view of nature does the passage from "Nature" highlight?
CORRECT: There is unity between the human spirit and the natural world.
2. What does Emerson mean when he says that in the woods "a man casts off his years"?
CORRECT: People feel a childlike wonder in the presence of nature.
3. With what sort of "self-reliance" is Emerson primarily concerned?
CORRECT: He is concerned with individualism and independence of thought.
4. What attitude toward the minutemen does Emerson most clearly express in "Concord Hymn"?
CORRECT: He expresses gratitude.
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Prentice Hall Literature, 9e: The American
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A Growing Nation, Nineteenth-Century
Literature (1800–1870)
from Walden and from Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau
Results of the quiz.
1. According to Walden, why does Thoreau go to live in the woods?
CORRECT: He goes to confront the basics of life.
2. According to Walden, why does Thoreau leave the woods?
CORRECT: He is afraid he has fallen into a routine.
3. Which of these values does Walden most promote?
CORRECT: He promotes self-reliance and nonconformity.
4. According to Civil Disobedience, when will America get a better government?
CORRECT: It will get a better government when more people express their political opinions.
5. Which saying comes closest to capturing the philosophy Thoreau expresses in these selections?
CORRECT: Dare to be different.
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