Question 1

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ the Chicago Attitude

Accepted Answer

A) environmentalist 
B) Frankenstein 
C) Native Americans 
D) daemon 
E) Al Gore
F)Heart of Darkness
G)deism
H)Romanticism
I)naturalist
J)William Wordsworth
K)Henry David Thoreau
L)annexation of Texas
M)Ralph Waldo Emerson
N)The Tempest
O)Carl Sandburg 
A) environmentalist 
B) Frankenstein 
C) Native Americans 
D) daemon 
E) Al Gore
F)Heart of Darkness
G)deism
H)Romanticism
I)naturalist
J)William Wordsworth
K)Henry David Thoreau
L)annexation of Texas
M)Ralph Waldo Emerson
N)The Tempest
O)Carl Sandburg O

Question 2

Who wrote "The stars awaken a common reverence, because they are always present"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry David Thoreau 
B)  David Kwiat 
C)  Crowfoot of the Blackfoot nation 
D)  Ralph Waldo Emerson 
E)  Al Gore 
A)  Henry David Thoreau 
B)  David Kwiat 
C)  Crowfoot of the Blackfoot nation 
D)  Ralph Waldo Emerson 
E)  Al Gore D

Question 3

The essay "Nature" was written in 1836 by

Accepted Answer

A)  Carl Sandburg 
B)  Henry David Thoreau 
C)  Mary Shelley 
D)  William Wordsworth 
E)  Ralph Waldo Emerson 
A)  Carl Sandburg 
B)  Henry David Thoreau 
C)  Mary Shelley 
D)  William Wordsworth 
E)  Ralph Waldo Emerson E

Question 4

For Thoreau, nature was the road to moral decay.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Buddhist term for the force that rules the universe is

Accepted Answer

A)  Nature 
B)  the Dharma 
C)  the Tao 
D)  the daemon 
E)  Brahman 
A)  Nature 
B)  the Dharma 
C)  the Tao 
D)  the daemon 
E)  Brahman

Question 6

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ criticized urban life as "quiet desperation"

Accepted Answer

A) environmentalist 
B) Frankenstein 
C) Native Americans 
D) daemon 
E) Al Gore
F)Heart of Darkness
G)deism
H)Romanticism
I)naturalist
J)William Wordsworth
K)Henry David Thoreau
L)annexation of Texas
M)Ralph Waldo Emerson
N)The Tempest
O)Carl Sandburg 
A) environmentalist 
B) Frankenstein 
C) Native Americans 
D) daemon 
E) Al Gore
F)Heart of Darkness
G)deism
H)Romanticism
I)naturalist
J)William Wordsworth
K)Henry David Thoreau
L)annexation of Texas
M)Ralph Waldo Emerson
N)The Tempest
O)Carl Sandburg

Question 7

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ Nature "rolls through all things."

Accepted Answer

A) environmentalist 
B) Frankenstein 
C) Native Americans 
D) daemon 
E) Al Gore
F)Heart of Darkness
G)deism
H)Romanticism
I)naturalist
J)William Wordsworth
K)Henry David Thoreau
L)annexation of Texas
M)Ralph Waldo Emerson
N)The Tempest
O)Carl Sandburg 
A) environmentalist 
B) Frankenstein 
C) Native Americans 
D) daemon 
E) Al Gore
F)Heart of Darkness
G)deism
H)Romanticism
I)naturalist
J)William Wordsworth
K)Henry David Thoreau
L)annexation of Texas
M)Ralph Waldo Emerson
N)The Tempest
O)Carl Sandburg

Question 8

The movement that equated nature with freedom:

Accepted Answer

A)  romanticism 
B)  deism 
C)  naturalism 
D)  environmentalism 
E)  existentialism 
A)  romanticism 
B)  deism 
C)  naturalism 
D)  environmentalism 
E)  existentialism

Question 9

Romantic artists invested nature with the awesome power that earlier artists had attributed to God.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, Marlowe is assigned to

Accepted Answer

A)  start a housing development on Walden Pond. 
B)  find a solution to global warming. 
C)  reestablish contact with a missing trader in the Congo. 
D)  start a gaming casino in Africa. 
E)  encourage the citizens of Chicago to decrease their use of electricity. 
A)  start a housing development on Walden Pond. 
B)  find a solution to global warming. 
C)  reestablish contact with a missing trader in the Congo. 
D)  start a gaming casino in Africa. 
E)  encourage the citizens of Chicago to decrease their use of electricity.

Question 11

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ nature as freedom

Accepted Answer

A) environmentalist 
B) Frankenstein 
C) Native Americans 
D) daemon 
E) Al Gore
F)Heart of Darkness
G)deism
H)Romanticism
I)naturalist
J)William Wordsworth
K)Henry David Thoreau
L)annexation of Texas
M)Ralph Waldo Emerson
N)The Tempest
O)Carl Sandburg 
A) environmentalist 
B) Frankenstein 
C) Native Americans 
D) daemon 
E) Al Gore
F)Heart of Darkness
G)deism
H)Romanticism
I)naturalist
J)William Wordsworth
K)Henry David Thoreau
L)annexation of Texas
M)Ralph Waldo Emerson
N)The Tempest
O)Carl Sandburg

Question 12

His dying words were "The Horror! The Horror!"

Accepted Answer

A)  Prospero 
B)  Jaques 
C)  Kurtz 
D)  Frankenstein's monster 
E)  Captain Ahab 
A)  Prospero 
B)  Jaques 
C)  Kurtz 
D)  Frankenstein's monster 
E)  Captain Ahab

Question 13

Wordsworth and Emerson believed that nature itself was an inconvenient truth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Joseph Conrad created the iconic character of Frankenstein's monster.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Who wrote "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry David Thoreau 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson 
C)  Herman Melville 
D)  John Keats 
E)  Winslow Homer 
A)  Henry David Thoreau 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson 
C)  Herman Melville 
D)  John Keats 
E)  Winslow Homer

Question 16

Melville's Moby-Dick concerns the tragic attempt of one man to destroy a white polar bear.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In Shakespeare's As You Like It, Jaques refuses to return to urban civilization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, believed that undisturbed nature is good at heart.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ supposedly justified by Manifest Destiny

Accepted Answer

A) environmentalist 
B) Frankenstein 
C) Native Americans 
D) daemon 
E) Al Gore
F)Heart of Darkness
G)deism
H)Romanticism
I)naturalist
J)William Wordsworth
K)Henry David Thoreau
L)annexation of Texas
M)Ralph Waldo Emerson
N)The Tempest
O)Carl Sandburg 
A) environmentalist 
B) Frankenstein 
C) Native Americans 
D) daemon 
E) Al Gore
F)Heart of Darkness
G)deism
H)Romanticism
I)naturalist
J)William Wordsworth
K)Henry David Thoreau
L)annexation of Texas
M)Ralph Waldo Emerson
N)The Tempest
O)Carl Sandburg

Question 20

According to Henry David Thoreau, most city dwellers lived lives of quiet desperation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ the Chicago Attitude

Who wrote "The stars awaken a common reverence, because they are always present"?

The essay "Nature" was written in 1836 by

For Thoreau, nature was the road to moral decay.

The Buddhist term for the force that rules the universe is

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ criticized urban life as "quiet desperation"

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Nature "rolls through all things."

The movement that equated nature with freedom:

Romantic artists invested nature with the awesome power that earlier artists had attributed to God.

In Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, Marlowe is assigned to

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ nature as freedom

His dying words were "The Horror! The Horror!"

Wordsworth and Emerson believed that nature itself was an inconvenient truth.

Joseph Conrad created the iconic character of Frankenstein's monster.

Who wrote "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation"?

Melville's Moby-Dick concerns the tragic attempt of one man to destroy a white polar bear.

In Shakespeare's As You Like It, Jaques refuses to return to urban civilization.

Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, believed that undisturbed nature is good at heart.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ supposedly justified by Manifest Destiny

According to Henry David Thoreau, most city dwellers lived lives of quiet desperation.

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Exam 15: Nature

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ the Chicago Attitude

Who wrote "The stars awaken a common reverence, because they are always present"?

The essay "Nature" was written in 1836 by

For Thoreau, nature was the road to moral decay.

The Buddhist term for the force that rules the universe is

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ criticized urban life as "quiet desperation"

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Nature "rolls through all things."

The movement that equated nature with freedom:

Romantic artists invested nature with the awesome power that earlier artists had attributed to God.

In Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, Marlowe is assigned to

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ nature as freedom

His dying words were "The Horror! The Horror!"

Wordsworth and Emerson believed that nature itself was an inconvenient truth.

Joseph Conrad created the iconic character of Frankenstein's monster.

Who wrote "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation"?

Melville's Moby-Dick concerns the tragic attempt of one man to destroy a white polar bear.

In Shakespeare's As You Like It, Jaques refuses to return to urban civilization.

Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, believed that undisturbed nature is good at heart.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. Use none more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ supposedly justified by Manifest Destiny

According to Henry David Thoreau, most city dwellers lived lives of quiet desperation.

The Humanities: a Shining Beacon

The Humanities and Critical Thinking

Myth and the Origin of the Humanities

Literature

Art

Music

Theater

The Musical Stage: Opera, Music, Drama, Dance

Cinema

Religion

Morality

Happiness

Love

Life-Affirmation

Freedom

Filters