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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of man idolized Napoleon, according to Emerson?
(a) His idolization spanned all types of men.
(b) The intellectual man.
(c) The common man.
(d) The natural man.

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

3. When is a dollar worth more, according to Emerson?
(a) When it is saved.
(b) When it is used to repair roads and public buildings.
(c) When it is spent on a jail.
(d) When it is spent on a university.

4. Whose minds are formed in a certain direction, according to "Spiritual Laws"?
(a) Warriors.
(b) Animals.
(c) The unenlightened.
(d) Philosophers.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the categories Emerson divides the world into?
(a) Truth.
(b) Language.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Commodity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose rights did the Fugitive Slave Law protect?

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

3. What is the direction of nature and human consciousness?

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

5. What does history favor in regard to the issue of slavery?

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