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Emerson & Thoreau
Mrs. Whittaker
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was considered many things besides a poet, but saw himself as a poet? | Emerson |
| Who was a rockstar? | Emerson |
| Who took a trip to Europe and who passed it up? | Emerson took the trip, while Thoreau passed it up. |
| At what age did Emerson attend Harvard? | 14 |
| What profession did Emerson give up? | Ministry |
| Who lived in a "mansion", while the other lived in a shack? | Emerson lived in the mansion, while Thoreau lived in the shack. |
| What was Emerson's purpose for writing Nature? | to encourage us to look directly at nature |
| What was Emerson's tone is Self-Reliance? | uplifting |
| What was Emerson's purpose for writing Self-Reliance? | to encourage readers to trust themselves, their inclinations, and to be an individual |
| What was Thoreau's style in Resistance to Civil Government? | scholarly and persuasive |
| Why was Thoreau thrown in jail? | Thoreau was thrown in jail because he refused to pay his taxes. |
| How long had Thoreau not paid his taxes before he got thrown in jail? | 6 years |
| Why didn't Thoreau pay his taxes? | Thoreau didn't pay his taxes because it was going to support the Mexican War. |
| What was Thoreau strongly against? | Thoreau was strongly against slavery and he was a strong abolitionist. |
| What is Thoreau known for doing to help end slavery. | Thoreau helped with the underground railroad. |
| What is Thoreau's Resistance to Civil Government about? | It is about Thoreau's one night stay in jail for not paying his taxes. |
| What was the author's style in Resistance to Civil Government? | parallel structure and repitition |
| Who wrote the novel No Enemies, No Hatred? | Liu Xiaobo |
| How does Thoreau see the government? | Thoreau sees the government as being out dated. |
| What was Thoreau's primary purpose for living by Walden pond? | to learn from the experiment |
| Did Thoreau remove himself from society? | Thoreau did not remove himself from society, he visited Concord and socialized often. |
| What was Thoreau trying to figure out about life in Walden? | Thoreau was trying to see if life is just mean (empty) or sublime. |
| Who inspired Martin Luther King in is quest for civil rights? | Thoreau |
| Who originated the technique of observing one creature in the wild for long periods of time in order to understand it--a technique followed in this century by Diane Fossey and many others? | Thoreau |
| Who led folk singer Pete Seeger to start his campaign to clean up the Hudson River? | Thoreau |
| Who wrote the essay that led Mahatma Gandhi's hunger strike that led to India's independence? | Thoreau |
| Who caused the King of Denmark to wear a Star of David on his clothes during World War II, even though he was not Jewish; beginning the trend which saved the lives of thousands of Danish Jews? | Thoreau |
| Who encouraged thousands of people to dare to be different, to avoid being conformists? | Thoreau |
| Who inspired many people to lead lives of simplicity despite an increasingly complex world? | Thoreau |
| Who awoke people to the need to preserve the wilderness before it was completely paved over? | Thoreau |
| Who was a major force in the student anti-war movement during the Vietnam era? | Thoreau |
| Who inspired people, especially in the 1960s and 1970s, to defy unjust laws through civil disobedience and to be willing to go to jail as a result? | Thoreau |
| King justifies breaking some laws but upholding other laws when he... | argues that an unjust law does not have to be upheld |
| According to King, an unjust law is a law that | does not agree with moral law |
| King develops his arguments through | rhetorical questions, logic, and persuasive language |
| What paradox does King use to conclude his essay? | Respectfully breaking an unjust law expresses the highest regard for law. |
| Why was King arrested in Birmingham? | marching to protest racial voting restrictions without a permit |
| (True/False) King wrote in his letter that in some counties in Alabama there are some counties without a single Negro registered to vote despite the fact that the Negro constitutes a majority of the population. | True |
| King says that an unjust law should be broken | openly and lovingly |
| From what literary figure did Martin Luther King Jr., receive inspiration? | Henry David Thoreau |
| During which time period did King lead the Civil Rights Movement? | 1960s |
| What word means associated with or participation in a wrongful act? | complicity |
| What was the first book that Thoreau wrote? | A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers |
| Did Thoreau's first book fail or succeed? | fail |
| What was the name of Thoreau's second book? | Walden |
| When and where was Thoreau born? | 1817 in Concord |
| How many siblings did Thoreau have and how many of them go married? | Thoreau had three siblings and none of them got married. |
| Where did Thoreau go to college at? | Harvard |
| Why did Thoreau quit his teaching job? | He quit because he refused to whip his students for punishment. |
| Who did Thoreau work for? | Emerson |
| What process did Thoreau create? | Thoreau created the process for non-breaking lead in pencils. |
| When and at what age did Thoreau die? | 1862 and age 44 |
| What was the cause of Thoreau's death? | Tuberculosis |
| (T/F) In Nature, Emerson argues that God can be found only in the world of nature. | False |
| (T/F) Emerson suggests that, in order to be completely alone, a person should gaze at the stars. | True |
| (T/F) If the stars shone one night in a thousand, according to Emerson, they still would be taken for granted. | False |
| (T/F) Children are able to fully appreciate nature, Emerson says, but most adults seem to lose this ability. | True |
| (T/F) When he walks in the woods, Emerson feels himself to be part or parcel of God. | True |
| (T/F) The theme of Self-Reliance is selfishness. | False |
| (T/F) Emerson contends that greatness lies in trusting and accepting oneself. | True |
| (T/F) According to Emerson, great men such as Socrates have always behaved consistently and in conformity with their fellowmen. | False |
| (T/F) Furthermore, Emerson suggests, persons of genius are seldom misunderstood. | False |
| (T/F) Both Nature and Self-Reliance reflect Transcendentalist viewpoints. | True |
| To a great extent, Emerson's popularity stemmed from | his lectures |
| Emerson outraged traditionalists when he rejected formal religion in favor of | a personal God |
| In Nature, contradictory statements such as "I am glad to the brink of fear" illustrates | paradox |
| Self-Reliance encourages readers to | trust themselves |
| Judging from Self-Reliance, Emerson was a strong promoter of | individualism |
| (T/F) Physical reality is more valued than spiritual reality. | False |
| (T/F) God is not led through self. | False |
| (T/F) Humans cannot be spiritually connected to nature. | False |
| (T/F) Integrity of your mind is sacred. | True |
| (T/F) An individual does not have the ability to judge the actions of the government. | False |
| (T/F) Transcendentalism is a form of idealism. | True |
| Man, made to be free, has not only been enslaved but, more tragic still, has enslaved himself. | Walden |
| The high road to individual freedom is self-reliance gained through simplifying life. | Walden |
| Health and happiness can best be achieved through living in close contact with nature. | Walden |
| Truth is the ultimate desire, to be valued more than love, money or fame. | Walden |
| Simplifying life lets a person concentrate on important things. | Walden |
| Government is an expedient, a means to an end. | Resistance to Civil Government |
| The majority will inevitably, in some instances, harm the minority. | Resistance to Civil Government |
| People must do what they feel is right; they have an obligation not to support what they feel is wrong. | Resistance to Civil Government |
| The free and enlightened state is one that will recognize the individual as a higher power. | Resistance to Civil Government |
| Citizens should be willing to act on their opinions. | Resistance to Civil Government |
| An individual possesses the ability to judge the actions of the government. | Resistance to Civil Government |
| Inclinations should be trusted completely. | Self-Reliance |
| Imitation of others is ignorance; we must take ourselves for better or for worse. | Self-Reliance |
| Only as individuals do we know what is best for us or what we are capable of doing. | Self-Reliance |
| We must trust ourselves and trust the divinity within each of us, for we are all made of noble clay. | Self-Reliance |
| Society is in conspiracy against the individual and demands that we conform to its names and customs. | Self-Reliance |
| If a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. | Emerson |
| If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore. | Emerson |
| I am glad to the brink of fear. | Emerson |
| I become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing. I see all. | Emerson |
| Envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide. | Emerson |
| Trust thyself: Every heart vibrates to that iron string. | Emerson |
| To be great is to be misunderstood. | Emerson |
| I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. | Thoreau |
| If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. | Thoreau |
| I could not but smile to see how industriously they locked the door on my meditations, which followed them out again without let or hindrance, and they were really all that was dangerous. | Thoreau |
| I felt as if I alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax. | Thoreau |
| Simplify, simplify, simplify. | Thoreau |
| God is always near to us and reveals Himself everywhere and at all times; nature is the revelation of God. | Nature |
| Within the individual lies a divinity that allows human intuition to behold God's spirit in nature. | Nature |
| God is to be found both in people and in nature, but He can be fully experienced only when a harmony between both exists. | Nature |
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