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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 did Emerson think of slavery?
(a) He thought it was inherently evil.
(b) He thought it was a necessary evil.
(c) He thought it could be reformed to be an effective practice.
(d) He thought it would soon be obsolete as machines took the places of slaves.

2. What right of individuals has never been tried as the foundation of a state?
(a) Trust.
(b) Love.
(c) Reverence.
(d) Employment.

3. What word or phrase means a belief that God's grace allows an individual to ignore all laws, divine and terrestrial?
(a) Faith.
(b) Antinomianism.
(c) Divine providence.
(d) Entitlement.

4. Each person has his or her own vocation that can be discovered by ______.
(a) Cultural instruction.
(b) The person's passions.
(c) Psychological evaluation.
(d) The direction of the mind.

5. Who sees through appearances and trends to seize life and speak truth?
(a) The artist.
(b) The poet.
(c) The academic.
(d) The philosopher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Emerson say egotism likely comes from?

2. What poem of Emerson's is about the woods and pond on his own property?

3. What contemporary of Emerson's is suggested in his poem "Forerunners"?

4. Who can too often judge and categorize art and literature, according to "The Poet"?

5. In what does Emerson say men truly learn?

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