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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Emancipation in the British West Indies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Compensation", which of the following is NOT one of the realms mentioned that achieves a balance between positive and negative forces?
(a) Natural.
(b) Human.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Societal.

2. What year is the focus of "New England Reformers"?
(a) 1844.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1834.
(d) 1845.

3. What is another phrase for the over-soul, according to Emerson?
(a) Universal consciousness.
(b) The true being.
(c) The innocence of childhood faith.
(d) A manifestation of God.

4. Which of the following is NOT a way men of genius maintain their distance from others?
(a) Solitude.
(b) An acid tongue.
(c) Fear.
(d) Courtesy.

5. What does Emerson say people hope to have happen to old patterns?
(a) To find others who share them.
(b) To forget them.
(c) To be shocked out of them.
(d) To learn from them.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Emerson, why is the farmer blessed?

2. How should history be understood, according to Emerson's essay "History"?

3. What did Napoleon call himself?

4. To whom is "Ezra Ripley, D.D." a tribute?

5. Whose principles, which led to a new age in quantum physics, are similar to the ideas hinted at in "Circles"?

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