Abeka 11th Grade American Literature Test 7
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"The Secret of Progress"
Booker T. Washington
"Concord Hymn"-Author
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I hear America singing"
Walt Whitman
"Oh! Susan"
Stephen Foster
"A Father's Prayer"
Douglas McArthur(1)
"Close to Thee"
Fanny Crosby
What is America's unique contribution to the world's folk music?
spirituals
Which poem commemorates the first shots fired in the War for Independence?
"Concord Hymn"
What poem by Whitman mourns the death of Abraham Lincoln?
"O Captain! My Captain!"
What poem's theme is that things are only beautiful in the right surroundings?
"Each and All"
What poem's theme is everyone and everything has a purpose?
"Fable"
What was William Jennings Bryan's argument against Evolution called?
"Is the Bible True?"
In "A World Split Apart," the West was warned about the threat of what?
humanism
Who challenges future writers not to forget "the problems of the human heart: in his Nobel Prize Speech?
William Faulkner
Who is the founder of Transcendentalism?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What work became the bible of Transcendentalism?
Nature
What literary device is used in the following quote: "Then Beauty is its own excuse for being"?
aphorism
Who is America's most beloved popular-song composer?
Stephen Foster(1)
Who is America's most beloved hymn writer of the nineteenth century?
Fanny Crosby
Who was America's first modern poet?
Walt Whitman
What song tells of a dying cowboy with one last request
"Bury me not on the Lone Prairie"
What song's theme is that of a sentimental look at rural life?
"My Old Kentucky Home"
"I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there."
Walden
"None of us were prepared for such a sudden and complete wreck of our Arcadian scheme."
"The Experience of the A.C."
"With malice toward none; with charity for all;... let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds."
"Second Inaugural Address"
"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string."
"Self-Reliance"
"Here once the embattled farmer stood" And fired the shot heard round the world."
"Concord Hymn"
"When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can."
"Voluntaries"
"Build me son. O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid."
"A Father's Prayer"
Who wrote Nature?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who wrote the noble prize speech?
William Faulkner
Who wrote "O Captain! My Captain!"?
Walt Whitman
Who wrote "My Old Kentucky Home"?
Steven Foster
Who wrote "A Father's Prayer"?
Douglas MacArthur
Bury me not on the lone prairie
unknown author
A world split apart
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart
The Noble Prize speech
I am a transparent eyeball
Nature
the bible is either true or false
is the bible true
build me a son o Lord
A fathers prayer
none of us were prepared for such a sudden and complete wreck of our arcadian scheme
the experience of the A.C.
who was considered the founder of the transcendentalism movement?
ralph waldo emerson
what term means compact statements expressing a truth?
aphorism
the movement that believes man is divine is called?
transcendentalism
who was considered the most devout follower of transcendentalism?
henry david thoreau
how long was henry david thoreau at Walden point?
2 years
o captain my captain is written in honour of whom?
Abe Lincoln
what popular ballad tells a story of a legendary railroad hero?
John Henry
what speech tells the effect of humanism on Western civilization?
world split apart
who was the prosecutor in the Scopes trial?
William Jennings Bryan
what was the subject of the scopes Trial?
evolution taught in schools
Essay: explain the main ideas of transcendentalism, discuss why these ideas are dangerous compared to a biblical worldview, give your opinion on whether or not this philosophy could be plausible
Transcendentalism is a philosophy that says people should trust themselves, look to nature for truth, and follow their intuition. It believes in Individualism and an "Oversoul" that connects everything. But these ideas clash with a biblical worldview. The Bible teaches us to rely on God, not just our instincts (Prov. 3:5-6). While transcendentalism says nature is divine the bible says God created nature, but He is not the same as it. Transcendentalism values intuition, but the bible says our feelings can mislead us, so we should trust God's word instead. It also promotes individualism, but the bible teaches that we should live in a community with others. Because transcendentalism focuses on human instincts and not God's truth, it is not a practical philosophy for someone who believes in the bible.