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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. What does Plato's concept of the dichotomy of the body and soul provide the foundation for, according to Emerson?
(a) America's bipartisanism.
(b) The afterlife.
(c) Christianity's monotheism.
(d) Paganism's polytheism.

2. According to "Compensation", by what is mankind defined?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Dualism.
(c) Pluralism.
(d) Singularity.

3. Where does Emerson say egotism likely comes from?
(a) The accumulation of wealth.
(b) Learned behavior.
(c) Primal instinct.
(d) Peer pressure.

4. What does "Emancipation in the British West Indies" celebrate?
(a) Emancipation Day.
(b) American Independence Day.
(c) The day Emerson's family freed their slaves.
(d) Christmas Day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of "An Address"?

2. What does culture allow humans to do, according to "Culture"?

3. If the people within a commune did not work equally, what does Emerson say the harder-working individuals would do?

4. Whom does Emerson especially urge to experience their own heroism?

5. What does Emerson link with transcendentalism in "The Transcendentalist"?

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