Thoreau believed that if a government was unjust, people need to resist the government. This is called_____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which British philosopher of the Romantic era despised monarchies, believed that the best form of government was no government at all, and argued that change can only come from people treating each other with sincerity and benevolence ?

   A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   B. Edmund Burke
   C. William Godwin
   D. John Locke

2. Why does Henry David Thoreau write his book “Walden” ?

   A. To show ideas of transcendentalism are put into action
   B. To critique slavery
   C. Tell his entire life story
   D. None of the above

3. Thoreau was part of the Transcend lists, which were founded by________________?

   A. Mark Twain.
   B. Herman Melville.
   C. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
   D. Walt Whitman.

4. Thoreau through this essay tries to portray_______________?

   A. Transcendentalism
   B. Imperialism
   C. Socialism
   D. Naturalism

5. Henry David Thoreau lived for a while_______________?

   A. At Lake Tahoe.
   B. At Willow Pond.
   C. At the Feather River.
   D. At Walden Pond.

6. Thoreau places a sense of Upon the ants ?

   A. honor and glory
   B. meticulous faction
   C. responsibility
   D. revenge and betrayal

7. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Thoreau ?

   A. Father of Free verse
   B. Father of american poetry
   C. Self-reliance
   D. Father of American Liteature

8. Thoreau scales humans down to the size of ants in order to____________________?

   A. examine the aggressive, dominating and stupid nature of human warfare
   B. create a very vivid and impressive picture
   C. shows his real intentions in writing
   D. portray humans allegorically

9. Which British philosopher believed that monarchs repressed citizens and that revolution is proper when a government does not protect its people ?

   A. Thomas Paine
   B. James Mackintosh
   C. Edmund Burke
   D. John Locke

10. This literary critic warned: “We must remember that the greater part of our current reading matter is written for us by people who have no real belief in a supernatural order . . . And the greater part . . . is coming to be written by people who not only have no such belief, but are even ignorant of the fact that there are still people in the world so ’backward’ or so ’eccentric’ as to continue to believe.” ?

    A. C.S. Lewis
    B. T.S. Eliot
    C. G.K. Chesterton
    D. Matthew Arnold