Ralph Waldo Emerson
By: Samantha Humbert
Instructions…
The following questions are based on:
the life of Ralph Waldo Emerson
and
his 2 well known literary works;
‘’Nature’’ and ‘’Self –Relance’’.
You have 15 seconds to answer
each question, and then the
correct answer will appear.
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Life
Part 1
By: Samantha Humbert
Emerson’s Life
Question # 1 : 100 pts.
Question:
Emerson’s mystical view of the world
sprang not from logic but from
_________.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 1 : 100 pts
Answer:
Emerson’s mystical view of the
world sprang not from logic but
from intution.
Ralph Waldo Emerson had always thought that by
spending time alone, you are able to find one’s self, and
the motivation from behind.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 2: 200 pts.
Question:
Emerson was one of those rare
writers who appealed to both
________ and to the general
_________.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 2: 200 pts.
Answer:
Emerson was one of those rare writers
who appealed to both intellectuals and
to the general public.
In which in that time not many writers were able to do.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 3: 300 pts.
Question:
Not to be known as an essayist
(too limited) or a philosopher
(too broad) but rather a
_______.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 3: 300 pts.
Answer:
Not to be known as an essayist (too
limited) or a philosopher (too broad)
but rather a poet.
* ‘’I am born a poet ’’ Emerson wrote to his fiancee Lydia
Jackson in 1835 with a low class without doubt, yet a poet.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 4: 400 pts.
Question:
Transcedental refers to the
idea of ________________.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 5: 500 pts.
Answer:
Transcedental refers to the idea
of that in determing the ultimate
reality of God, the universe , the
self, and the other important
matters.
*One must transcend or go beyond, everyday human experience
in the physical world.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 6: 600 pts.
Question:
Emerson was brough up by
his _______.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 6: 600 pts
Answer:
Emerson was brough up by
his Aunt Mary Moody
Emerson.
- She was very strict, and self sacrificed who had
enormous energy that drove the boys to be hard
workers.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 7: 700 pts
Question:
His life was already planned for
him to be attending ______ and
become a _______.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 7: 700 pts
Answer:
His life was already planned for
him to be attending Harvard
and become a Minister.
- 8 generations of Emerson’s before him also study
there and entered at the age of 14.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 8: 800 pts
Question:
For Emerson, Transcendentalism
was not a new philosophy but also
one of the oldest of thoughts was
considered __________.
Emerson’s Life
Question # 8: 800 pts
Answer:
For Emerson, Transcendentalism
was not a new philosophy but also
one of the oldest of thoughts was
considered realism.
-Realism had been explain by the Greek philosopher
Plato in the fourth century B.C
‘’Nature’’ Quiz -Part 2
By: Samantha Humbert
‘’Nature’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #1 – 100 pts.
Question:
What was Emerson exhilarated by in
the essay “Nature” ?
‘’Nature’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #1 – 100 pts.
Answer:
Emerson was exhilarated by natures
beauty and grandeur.
In the Essay, “Nature” Emerson felt he was in tune with his better
seld and in harmony with eternal things.
‘’Nature’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question # 2 - 200 pts.
Question:
Emerson says that you are able to feel in
tune with your better _________.
‘’Nature’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question # 2 - 200 pts
Answer:
Emerson says that you are able to
feel in tune with your better self
and harmony with eternal things.
By letting yourself go you are able to find your inner self, and appreciate
the small things that you may not see in daily.
‘’Nature’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question # 3 – 300 pts.
Question:
In the essay, “Nature” Emerson
shows us scenes in order to
__________.
‘’Nature’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question # 3 – 300 pts.
Answer:
In the essay, “Nature” Emerson shows us
scenes in order for the audience
understand and fell how he (Emerson)
does.
So that the audience has a better description and feeling of what is
going through and what Emerson is trying to get across.
‘’Nature’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #4 – 400 pts.
Question:
In the essay, Emerson believes that he is
not ________ when he reads and writes,
though ________ is with me.
‘’Nature’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #4 – 400 pts.
Answer:
In the essay, Emerson believes that he is
not solitary when he reads and writes,
though nobody is with me.
“To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber
as from society” –”Nature”
‘’Nature’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #5 – 500 pts.
Question:
Emerson in his essay, tries to give the
reader a sense of _______ by using a
language to evoke a picture or a concrete
sensation of a person, a thing, a place or
an experience.
‘’Nature’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #5 – 500 pts.
Answer:
Emerson in his essay, tries to give the reader a
sense of imagery by using a language to evoke a
picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a
thing, a place or an experience.
- He uses scenes of nature in which have moved him, not necessarily
telling us how he feels.
‘’Nature’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #6 – 600 pts.
Question:
Emerson believes that “ In the woods, you
are able to find __________”
‘’Nature’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #6 – 600 pts.
Answer:
Emerson believes that “ In the woods, you
are able to find perpetual youth.”
A man may cast of his years, as the snake his slough, and what period
soever of life, is always a child. – “Nature”
‘’Self Reliance’’
Quiz –Part 3
By: Samantha Humbert
‘’Self-Reliance’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #1 – 100 pts
Question :
Emerson believes that each person has a
unique __________ and _________ that can
be discovered only on one’s own.
‘’Self-Reliance’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #1 – 100 pts
Answer:
Emerson believes that each person has a
unique talents and passions that can be
discovered only on one’s own.
-By being able to spend time alone, one is able to find his or her true
self. Working only grows to find yourself.
‘’Self-Reliance’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #2 – 200 pts
Question :
What is Figurative Speech?
‘’Self-Reliance’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #2 – 200 pts
Answer:
Figurative Speech is a word or phrase that
describes one thing in terms of another, very
different thing. They are not meant to be
taken literally.
-Most common Figures of Speech are simile, metaphor,
personification. And symbol.
‘’Self-Reliance’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #3 – 300 pts
Question :
What is one major sign of Emerson’s poetic
nature ?
‘’Self-Reliance’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #3 – 300 pts
Answer:
One major sign of Emerson’s poetic nature is
the way he uses figures of speech in his
philosophical arguments.
Figures of Speech are imaginative comparisons of things that are
basically unalike.
‘’Self-Reliance’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #4 – 400 pts
Question :
What does Emerson mean by this ;
“Society is a joint-stock company” ?
‘’Self-Reliance’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #4 – 400 pts
Answer:
Emerson compares society to a business
where the shareholders or owners are held
personally liable.
Emerson often compares abstract ideas to ordinary things or events.
‘’Self-Reliance’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #5 – 500 pts
Question :
According to Emerson, when is a person
relieved and happy?
‘’Self-Reliance’’
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question #5 – 500 pts
Answer:
A man is relieved and happy when he has put
his heart into his work and has done his
complete best.
But if a man has done otherwise, shall give him no peace. –” Nature”
Now…
‘Count up your score,
to see if you are
going to need to
study a bit harder.
By: Samantha Humbert