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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. According to Emerson, what is one negative effect of men isolating themselves?
(a) Extreme independence.
(b) Not being aware of current events.
(c) Making themselves unfit for marriage.
(d) Not being aware of societal changes.

2. How was Emerson received on his last trip to England?
(a) He was not known as a writer at this time.
(b) Coldly.
(c) He was hated by the English due to his essays about them.
(d) Warmly.

3. How should one be a man, according to "Self-Reliance"?
(a) Be a nonconformist.
(b) Follow God's laws.
(c) Live in nature.
(d) Follow man's laws.

4. What contemporary of Emerson's can be seen in his poem "Uriel"?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(c) William Wordsworth.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

5. What is the flower of the English aristocracy, according to Emerson?
(a) The philosopher.
(b) The well-educated gentleman.
(c) The fit soldier.
(d) The diplomatic judge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emerson say we become aware of the changes in our lives brought on by experience?

2. How does Emerson suggest his readers should acquire art?

3. How does the love between a man and woman usually begin?

4. According to Emerson's "The Over-Soul", which of the following is NOT the essence of the over-soul?

5. What is the first poem in the collection "Poetry"?

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