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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fugitive Slave Law.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Plato born?
(a) 431 B.C.
(b) 431 A.D.
(c) 427 B.C.
(d) 427 A.D.

2. According to Emerson, what can only be glimpsed but never possessed?
(a) The true beauties of nature.
(b) God's divine design.
(c) The true purpose of mankind.
(d) The true purpose of nature.

3. How will society become better, according to Emerson?
(a) With less government.
(b) With grass-roots governments.
(c) With more government.
(d) By giving the government control over personal freedoms.

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

5. Whom does Emerson especially urge to experience their own heroism?
(a) The downtrodden.
(b) Children.
(c) Religious mystics.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Emerson use in "Spiritual Laws" to demonstrate the effects of force-feeding children questions and answers of little interest?

2. To whom does Emerson attribute the term "transcendentalism"?

3. What philosopher did Emerson say was the beginning and end of all philosophy?

4. How was "The Transcendentalist" originally delivered?

5. What contemporary of Emerson's can be seen in his poem "Uriel"?

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