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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does culture allow humans to do, according to "Culture"?
(a) Evolve.
(b) Understand each other.
(c) Live together in harmony.
(d) Learn.

2. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1862.

3. Whom does Emerson attack in "The Fugitive Slave Law"?
(a) All free white men.
(b) Daniel Webster.
(c) Harriet Tubman.
(d) President Abraham Lincoln.

4. Where was Carlyle respected, according to "Carlyle"?
(a) Welsh society.
(b) Irish society.
(c) British society.
(d) Scottish society.

5. What kind of income does the farmer usually earn?
(a) Miniscule.
(b) Ample.
(c) None at all.
(d) Modest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of men do the hard work of farming?

2. To whom or what is "Conduct of Life" a love letter?

3. Where was Lincoln from?

4. What kind of a president does Emerson say Lincoln was?

5. What is the first poem in the collection "Poetry"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What example does Emerson give in "Thoreau" of Thoreau's individualism?

2. What significance does "Walden" have to Emerson?

3. What is the purpose of "Ezra Ripley, D.D."? Where was it presented?

4. Describe Emerson's two trips to England, including the year for each, which led to his writing of "English Traits".

5. Explain the relationship between Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.

6. By what kind of poetry was "The Problem" inspired? What kind of rhyme does it use throughout?

7. In "Abraham Lincoln", what does Emerson say about Abraham Lincoln, particularly in regard to his presidency?

8. List at least three negative qualities Napoleon possessed. What effect did he have on modern society?

9. How does Emerson say a truly clever man accumulates wealth? What examples does Emerson give?

10. Explain the Fugitive Slave Law, which is the subject of "The Fugitive Slave Law". Who was behind it?

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