Emerson Thoreau

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a transcendentalist. – True
2. Thoreau’s first wife passed away suddenly. – False
3. Thoreau delivered the eulogy at Emerson’s funeral. – False
4. Emerson moved to the woods and wrote about his life there in his work "Nature". – False
5. Henry David Thoreau died from tuberculosis. – True
6. Emerson opened a progressive school with his brother. – False
7. Thoreau attended Harvard University and took a teaching job upon graduation. – True
8. Thoreau lived most of his life in Concord, Massachusetts. – True
9. "Walden" was Thoreau’s most famous work. – True
10. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a central figure of American Romanticism. – True
11. Emerson’s father, like Emerson, was a Unitarian minister. – True
12. Thoreau entered Harvard University at the age of fourteen. – True
13. Emerson’s work entitled "Nature" was his most influential work. – True
14. Emerson left the Unitarian church and became a writer. – True
15. Thoreau’s life included much tragedy and adversity that let him question his faith. – False
16. Emerson created the transcendentalist movement. – True
17. Henry David Thoreau is considered the father of transcendentalism. – False
18. One of the core concepts of transcendentalism is divinity of nature. – True

19. Emerson authored "Civil Disobedience". – False
20. In Emerson’s work "Self-Reliance" he argues that individuals should trust their intuition and inner voice and reject societal pressures to conform. – True
21. Transcendentalists believed that humans were fundamentally good, but corrupted by society. – True
22. The three core concepts of transcendentalism are idealism, individualism, and divinity with nature. – True
23. Thoreau once refused to pay his taxes and was sent to jail. – True
24. Thoreau was the author of "Self-Reliance". – False
25. Emerson greatly influenced Thoreau as a writer. – True
26. Thoreau and Emerson had a life-long friendship. – True
27. When Thoreau’s memory started to fail, the quality of his writings started to diminish. – False
28. Emerson’s optimism was challenged when his son Waldo died of scarlet fever. – True
29. Thoreau built a cabin on land owned by Emerson at Walden Pond near Concord. – True
30. Thoreau lived at Walden Pond for five years and two months. – False