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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Emancipation in the British West Indies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is the focus of "New England Reformers"?
(a) 1844.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1834.
(d) 1845.

2. In what year was "Nature" published?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1836.
(c) 1837.
(d) 1835.

3. What was Napoleon's opinion of inherited monarchy?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Adulation.
(d) Envy.

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

5. To whom does Emerson attribute the term "transcendentalism"?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Immanuel Kant.
(c) The Buddha.
(d) President Abraham Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group did Emerson share "Ezra Ripley, D.D." with?

2. On what day did Emerson deliver "Emancipation in the British West Indies"?

3. Why is the accumulation of wealth a virtue, according to Emerson?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the categories Emerson divides the world into?

5. According to Emerson, why is the farmer blessed?

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