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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 view does Emerson take of human love in "Love"?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Logical.
(c) Physical.
(d) Emotional.

2. How do people try to change old patterns in their lives?
(a) Drugs and alcohol.
(b) Art and music.
(c) Education and philosophy.
(d) Rebelling against the way they were raised.

3. What happens when you greatly admire or revere someone?
(a) You emulate them.
(b) You resent them.
(c) You become jealous of them.
(d) You raise them to perfection in your mind.

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

5. In what style is "Selected Writings" written?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Address.
(c) Essay.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How should one be a man, according to "Self-Reliance"?

3. What did Napoleon call himself?

4. What does "Emancipation in the British West Indies" celebrate?

5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the best gift, according to "Gifts"?

(see the answer key)

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