New England Renaissance Jeopardy Review Authors Vocabulary Transcendentalism Transcendentalist Writers Time Period 100 200 300 400 500

Authors 100 Anti-transcendentalist writer who wrote The Scarlet Letter and was related to a Salem Witch Trial judge

Authors 100 Nathaniel Hawthorne

Authors 200 Female poet whose work became popular posthumously.

Authors 200 Emily Dickinson

Authors 300 Anti-transcendentalist protégé who wrote Moby Dick

Authors 300 Herman Melville

Authors 400 Wrote Nature and “Self-Reliance” and the guiding spirit of transcendentalism

Authors 400 Ralph Waldo Emerson

Authors 500 Thoreau based Walden around his experience living on Walden Pond for ____ year(s).

Authors 500 2 years (the book was structured to match the seasonal changes within 1 year)

Vocabulary 100 This is an abundant amount; over and above what is needed

Vocabulary 100 Superfluous

Vocabulary 200 A limited supply or small amount

Vocabulary 200 Scant

Vocabulary 300 The definition of brevity

Vocabulary 300 Briefness

Vocabulary 400 The definition of solace

Vocabulary 400 Comfort in times of grief or distress

Vocabulary 500 Definition of erudite

Vocabulary 500 Very knowledgeable or educated

Transcendentalism 100 Where can man “return to reason and faith”?

Transcendentalism 100 In the woods

Transcendentalism 200 Emerson’s ideas were founded in the belief that everyone should trust his/her _____ to make decisions.

Transcendentalism 200 Acceptable answers: soul, intuition, emotions

Transcendentalism 300 True or false: a transcendentalist is someone who accepts knowledge through intuition and imagination

Transcendentalism 300 True

Transcendentalism 400 Emerson wrote that “the currents of the Universal Being circulate through him” and “he becomes part and parcel of God” when he…

Transcendentalism 400 Becomes a transparent eyeball

Transcendentalism 500 This writing became a symbol of balance between nature and civilization Also, name the author

Transcendentalism 500 Walden Thoreau

Transcendentalist Writers 100 Emerson believed that what someone experienced and felt when in nature directly reflected the color of their

Transcendentalist Writers 100 spirit

Transcendentalist Writers 200 Thoreau’s best advice for life would be to…

Transcendentalist Writers 200 Simplify! Or live simply.

Transcendentalist Writers 300 Emerson is quoted as saying, “To be great is to be ______.” Give at least one person he cites as proof.

Transcendentalist Writers 300 Misunderstood Socrates, Copernicus, Jesus, Galileo, Pythagoras, Luther.

Transcendentalist Writers 400 Emerson writes “The world whips you for nonconformity.” What is his definition of nonconformity?

Transcendentalist Writers 400 Rejecting society’s expectations of you; rejecting traditions and ways of the past

Transcendentalist Writers 500 According to Emerson in “Self-Reliance”, what are his thoughts on being consistent in your thoughts?

Transcendentalist Writers 500 That “foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds” and that people should be open-minded and change their viewpoints and beliefs often.

Time Period 100 What form of transportation was becoming popular because of its effectiveness at this time?

Time Period 100 The railroad

Time Period 200 What was the overall mood amongst Americans at this time?

Time Period 200 Prideful; optimistic

Time Period 300 Emerson called on American writers to find their own style. He accused writers of the past of following the style of ________________

Time Period 300 European writers

Time Period 400 The New England Renaissance mostly took place in this city.

Time Period 400 Boston

Time Period 500 What years does the New England Renaissance span?

Time Period 500 1840-1855