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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry point out to Bailey about doing what is expected of you?
(a) It is safer.
(b) It is the right thing to do.
(c) It will get you out of jail faster.
(d) It can suffocate you.

2. How does Waldo find out about Henry's arrest?
(a) Waldo wonders where Henry is and ends up at the jail.
(b) Lydian brings Waldo a note.
(c) Waldo hears the news from a neighbor.
(d) Lydian hears it at the market and tells Waldo.

3. 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 how to play the flute.
(c) Henry teaches him mathematics.
(d) Henry teaches him about Transcendentalism.

4. What is Transcendentalism?
(a) The belief in karma, nirvana, and reincarnation.
(b) A Christian denomination, similar to the Methodist faith.
(c) A way of traveling from one continent to another.
(d) A person's thoughts or emotions that transcend or rise above their external perceptions.

5. For what does Henry invite Ellen?
(a) A boat ride.
(b) A walk.
(c) A swim.
(d) A picnic.

6. How does Bailey respond when Henry asks him about marriage?
(a) He gives a shout of joy.
(b) He gives a derisive snort.
(c) He cries.
(d) He laughs.

7. How does Waldo respond when Ball asks him about listening to another clergyman?
(a) He becomes nervous.
(b) He tends to fall asleep.
(c) He is always glad when the sermon is over.
(d) He gets good sermon ideas from other clergymen.

8. Mother again laments Henry's strangeness, and what does she hope?
(a) He will straighten out.
(b) Henry's children will not be strange.
(c) He will not become more strange.
(d) John will turn out not to be strange as well.

9. Why does Henry not hug Ellen?
(a) He is embarrassed.
(b) He does not like her.
(c) Out of a sense of propriety.
(d) He is afraid she will cringe.

10. Henry notes that older people like her father are "polluted" by advice. How does he strongly urge Ellen to maintain her "innocence?"
(a) By thinking for herself.
(b) Live at home.
(c) Stay young.
(d) Do not fall in love.

11. Upon what does Henry lament, regarding the environment?
(a) He would like to live in a more tropical environment.
(b) The fact that humanity has done so much damage to the environment.
(c) There are too many biting insects.
(d) Concord is too wild for his taste.

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

13. When Waldo offers money, how does Henry respond?
(a) He want to negotiate a salary.
(b) He readily accepts his offer.
(c) He wants to be paid in kind.
(d) He has already been paid by being able to listen to his mentor's lectures.

14. Why does Henry urge Bailey to remain uneducated?
(a) So that he will not write books.
(b) So that he will not have to pay for an education.
(c) So he will stay in jail.
(d) So he will get sympathy.

15. Why is Bailey in jail?
(a) Robbing a store.
(b) Burning down a barn.
(c) Murdering his neighbor.
(d) Breaking and entering.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Henry propose to work?

2. What does Henry offer to Waldo and Lydian?

3. What does Henry notice about Ellen?

4. Ball tells Henry that they have been feeding their souls. How does Henry reply?

5. Henry agrees to take her to shore if she will do what?

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