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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. Who or what is a part of nature, according to "Nature"?
(a) Progress.
(b) Man.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Architecture.

2. What is the primary tool of the poet?
(a) Experience.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Language.
(d) Truth.

3. What contemporary of Emerson's can be seen in his poem "Uriel"?
(a) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(b) William Wordsworth.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

4. Which of the following is NOT learned by humans to survive culturally?
(a) New skills.
(b) New survival strategies.
(c) New behaviors.
(d) New languages.

5. What philosopher did Emerson say was the beginning and end of all philosophy?
(a) Plato.
(b) Immanuel Kant.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Confucius.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Emerson, what do realists have on their side?

2. What is the only permanent thing in the universe, according to Emerson?

3. How many trips did Emerson make to England that led to the writing of "English Traits"?

4. What did Napoleon call himself?

5. Which of the following is the Gospel that makes mention of repetition of the Lord's Supper in worship, according to Emerson?

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