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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Abraham Lincoln.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lincoln understand, according to Emerson?
(a) How to get what he wanted.
(b) The value of hard work.
(c) How to persuade people with his oratory.
(d) Animals.

2. According to Emerson, heroism is the unwavering determination to do the right thing combined with a supremely ______.
(a) Hearty spirit.
(b) Good heart.
(c) Balanced mind.
(d) Strong body.

3. Why did Thoreau not have his highly superior pencil produced, despite its acclaim?
(a) He did not want to "sell out."
(b) He did not have the time or skills to market it properly.
(c) He did not see the point in repeating himself.
(d) He did not think it would catch on.

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

5. What word did Plato use to explain opposites joined together, according to "Plato, or the Philosopher"?
(a) Dichotomy.
(b) Fusion.
(c) Synergy.
(d) Synthesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a hermit?

2. Where did Thoreau live?

3. Whose rights did the Fugitive Slave Law protect?

4. What is the primary tool of the poet?

5. What year is the focus of "New England Reformers"?

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