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

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

3. Authors 100
Nathaniel Hawthorne

4. Authors 200
Female poet whose work became popular posthumously.

5. Authors 200
Emily Dickinson

6. Authors 300
Anti-transcendentalist protégé who wrote Moby Dick

7. Authors 300
Herman Melville

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

9. Authors 400
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

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

13. Vocabulary 100
Superfluous

14. Vocabulary 200
A limited supply or small amount

15. Vocabulary 200
Scant

16. Vocabulary 300
The definition of brevity

17. Vocabulary 300
Briefness

18. Vocabulary 400
The definition of solace

19. Vocabulary 400
Comfort in times of grief or distress

20. Vocabulary 500
Definition of erudite

21. Vocabulary 500
Very knowledgeable or educated

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

23. Transcendentalism 100
In the woods

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

25. Transcendentalism 200
Acceptable answers: soul, intuition, emotions

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

27. Transcendentalism 300
True

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

29. Transcendentalism 400
Becomes a transparent eyeball

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

31. Transcendentalism 500
Walden Thoreau

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

33. Transcendentalist Writers 100
spirit

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

35. Transcendentalist Writers 200
Simplify! Or live simply.

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

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

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

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

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

41. 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.

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

43. Time Period 100
The railroad

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

45. Time Period 200
Prideful; optimistic

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

47. Time Period 300
European writers

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

49. Time Period 400
Boston

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

51. Time Period 500