ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did Henry quit teaching?
A
Mr. Potter made him flog his students
B
Mr. Staples made him teach something he didn’t believe in
C
Mr. Staples made him flog his students
D
Mr. Ball made him flog his students
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American philosopher, poet, environmental scientist, and political activist whose major work, Walden, draws upon each of these various identities in meditating upon the concrete problems of living in the world as a human being.

Detailed explanation-2: -Henry David Thoreau is recognized as an important contributor to the American literary and philosophical movement known as New England transcendentalism. His essays, books, and poems weave together two central themes over the course of his intellectual career: nature and the conduct of life.

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