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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Henry visibly frustrated with himself?
(a) Ellen does not love John as he thought.
(b) His intensity frightens Ellen away.
(c) Ellen rejects him.
(d) His rowing scares Ellen.

2. What does Henry note that people must do, regarding books?
(a) Be picky when choosing a book to read.
(b) Write books.
(c) Read as many books as possible.
(d) Find books instead of the other way around.

3. What occupation does Sam mark?
(a) Tutor.
(b) Principal.
(c) Writer.
(d) Carpenter.

4. Why does Henry say that he cannot pray for John's soul?
(a) He does not believe in God.
(b) He does not believe John's soul is in heaven.
(c) He is angry with God for taking his brother.
(d) He cannot pray to a God that does not listen.

5. What words of Waldo's does Henry repeat like a mantra?
(a) "Follow your own path."
(b) "Be free to be yourself."
(c) "Follow the yellow brick road."
(d) "Cast conformity behind you."

6. Bailey is impressed and observes that Henry must be a teacher. Why is Bailey impressed with Henry?
(a) Henry teaches him how to read and write his name.
(b) Henry teaches him about Transcendentalism.
(c) Henry teaches him how to play the flute.
(d) Henry teaches him mathematics.

7. Henry replies that he likes the way the alphabet sounds and feels when read backwards. Why does he think that things should be mixed up?
(a) It would be more fun that way.
(b) To make the alphabet more exciting.
(c) To make the alphabet less linear and more human.
(d) It would be very tricky for everyone to remember.

8. What has Ellen's father done, regarding her little brother, Edmund?
(a) He is sending Edmund to boarding school to get a better education.
(b) He has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not approve of Transcendentalism.
(c) He has enterd Edmund into the school because he is a Transcedentalist.
(d) he has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not care for Henry.

9. Why is Henry applying for work as a repair person?
(a) He wants to stop thinking.
(b) He loves to repair machinery.
(c) He wants to help the Emersons.
(d) He likes to work with his hands.

10. If more people were willing to go to jail to protest the government, they could effect change on what scale?
(a) A small scale.
(b) The scale of the Civil War.
(c) The scale of the American Revolution.
(d) The scale of the Mexican War.

11. What similarity between Henry and Waldo do John and Mother note?
(a) Waldo and Henry's speeches.
(b) Waldo and Henry's personalites.
(c) Waldo and Henry's looks.
(d) Waldo and Henry's irritability.

12. What do both Henry and Waldo do simultaneously?
(a) Henry tells his students he must follow the curriculum, as Waldo tells the congregation he will preach to the Unitarian principles.
(b) Henry teaches new courses and Waldo speaks at a different Unitarian Church.
(c) Henry argues with Ball, as Waldo argues with his wife.
(d) Henry resigns from teaching, as Waldo resigns as a Unitarian Minister.

13. What does Henry offer to Waldo and Lydian?
(a) To be a tutor for their son.
(b) To clean their home for them.
(c) To babysit their son.
(d) To make their home a green home.

14. Whose nightmare of Henry being arrested has come true?
(a) His father's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) Waldo's.
(d) His brother's.

15. Henry returns to his jail cell. What is Bailey happily doing?
(a) Practicing writing his name.
(b) Talking to Sam.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Reading a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ellen offer to leave?

2. Henry mocks Ball by telling his students to prevent all their senses from experiencing life so that they can all focus solely on what?

3. To what does Henry compare Waldo lecturing?

4. Where does Henry live?

5. How does Ellen find Transcendentalism?

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