ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How long has Henry’s cellmate been imprisoned?
A
2 years
B
3 months
C
1 night
D
6 days
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”

Detailed explanation-2: -January 23-January 23, 2020. In 1846, the essayist, philosopher, abolitionist, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau spent a night in jail after refusing to pay tax money that would support the war President James Polk singlehandedly waged against Mexico.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1845, 27 year-old Henry David Thoreau built a simple house on the shore of Walden Pond on land owned by his friend and influential writer Ralph Waldo Emerson. He lived here for two years, two months and two days.

Detailed explanation-4: -He quit because he objected to the use of corporal punishment on children and refused to take part in it.

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