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LIST the three Transcendentalist

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$100 Question:
This was the literary mecca for
American writers in the 19th
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A: Salem

B: Cambridge

C: Boston

D: Concord

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$200 Question:
Finish the following phrase:
trust ___________

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A: Thyself

B: Thoreau

C: Emerson

D: Thine enemy

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$300 Question:
What is Ralph Waldo Emersons
original occupation?

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A: politician

B: professor

C: physician

D: minister

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$500 Question:
Thoreau uses Walden to contrast
the natural world to the so-called
________ world.

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A: material

B: civilized

C: wild

D: economic

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$1,000 Question:
Which of the following represents
the legacy left by
Transcendentalists?

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A: National Parks
C: Modern Business Models

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B: Preservation of Old Books

D: Greenhouse Science

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$2,000 Question:
What famous literary work is
alluded to in Walden?

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A: Othello (Shakespeare)
C: Beowulf (Unknown)

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B: The Canterbury Tales

(Chaucer)

D: Aesops Fables

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$4,000 Question:
Thoraeu lived at Walden
Pond for ___ years

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A: 2

B: 6

C: 3

D: 8

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$8,000 Question:
Thoreau worked on what part of
his new home first?

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A: flooring

B: roof

C: cellar

D: pathway to door

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$16,000 Question:
Thoreau felt that it was more
important to fill his _______ than
to fill his pocket.

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A: soul

B: stomach

C: wallet

D: mind

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$32,000 Question:
For Emerson: To go into
solitude, a person had to retire
from this even more importantly
than from his room:

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A: his home

B: his society

C: his mind

D: his technology

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$64,000 Question:
Thoraeu felt that which of the
following was true in the era of
industrialization in which he lived:

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A: People controlled

B: Machines controlled

machines

people

C: Bosses controlled

D: Laborers controlled

laborers

management

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$125,000 Question:
Thoreau uses the imagery of
a storm to illustrate the
power of ____________.

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A: society

B: business

C: self-reliance

D: nature

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$250,000 Question:
What was the original title of
Thoreaus essay on nonconformity?

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A: Self-Reliance
C: Civil Disobedience

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B: Resistance to Civil
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D: Big Brother is
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$500,000 Question:
Which war did Thoreau object to
because of its intentions of
making annexed land into a slave
state?

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A: Civil War

B: Revolutionary War

C: War of 1812

D: Mexican Revolution

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$1,000,000 Question:
Thoreau felt that this demonstration of
free-thought and confidence was too slow
in working and not strong enough to
cause a change:

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A: Free Speech

B: Essay Writing

C: Voting

D: Boycotting

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