Ralph Waldo Emerson Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

16. Which of these was one of Emerson's essays?

1. "Civil Disobedience"
2. "The Over-Soul"
3. "Song of Myself"
4. "The Raven"

17. Emerson's belief in the unity of all things is called what?

1. The Oversoul
2. The Transcendental Unity
3. The Divine Force
4. The Cosmic Web

18. Ralph Waldo Emerson was known as the "Sage of" which place?

1. Concord
2. Boston
3. New Haven
4. Philadelphia

19. Emerson’s ideas had a profound influence on which American movement?

1. The Harlem Renaissance
2. The Civil Rights Movement
3. The Abolitionist Movement
4. The Beat Generation

20. What did Emerson believe was the key to understanding nature?

1. Science
2. Intuition
3. Religion
4. Logic

21. Emerson co-founded which literary magazine?

1. The Dial
2. The Atlantic
3. The New Yorker
4. The Independent

22. Emerson encouraged which kind of thinking?

1. Conformist
2. Independent
3. Systematic
4. Dependent

23. Which essay by Emerson includes the famous quote, "Self-Reliance"?

1. Nature
2. Self-Reliance
3. The American Scholar
4. Experience

24. What did Emerson argue about the individual in "Self-Reliance"?

1. Society is more important
2. Individuals should trust themselves
3. Individuals should follow traditions
4. The individual is powerless

25. Emerson was an advocate for which reform movement?

1. Women's suffrage
2. Civil rights
3. Abolition of slavery
4. Labor rights

26. Which university did Emerson attend?

1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Princeton
4. Columbia

27. Emerson’s transcendentalism emphasized what?

1. Material success
2. Spiritual connection
3. Scientific discovery
4. Economic reform

28. Emerson’s first wife, Ellen Tucker, passed away from what?

1. Tuberculosis
2. Influenza
3. Pneumonia
4. Cancer

29. Which work by Emerson discusses the divine spirit in all things?

1. "Nature"
2. "Experience"
3. "The Over-Soul"
4. "The Poet"

30. Emerson's essays are often a blend of which two genres?

1. Philosophy and science
2. Religion and politics
3. Philosophy and poetry
4. Fiction and drama