Question 1
Herman Melville was less exuberant in his celebration of the human spirit than was Walt Whitman.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Question 2
Edgar Allan Poe's writings focused on the bleak nature of the human spirit and emotions.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Question 3
Ralph Waldo Emerson started as a minister and became a transcendentalist philosopher.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Question 4
Artists of the Hudson River school felt America had more promise than Europe.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Question 5
American transcendentalists borrowed heavily from European thinkers.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.