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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emerson describe Ripley?
(a) A natural gentlemen.
(b) Cold.
(c) Friendly to the point of being naive.
(d) Overbearing.

2. Where does Emerson say egotism likely comes from?
(a) Primal instinct.
(b) The accumulation of wealth.
(c) Peer pressure.
(d) Learned behavior.

3. According to Emerson, what can only be glimpsed but never possessed?
(a) The true purpose of mankind.
(b) The true beauties of nature.
(c) God's divine design.
(d) The true purpose of nature.

4. At what college did Emerson give "The American Scholar" as an address?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) New York University.

5. Where did Ripley graduate college?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Boston College.
(c) Harvard.
(d) New York University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the flower of the English aristocracy, according to Emerson?

2. What did Plato emphasize over the body, according to "Plato, or the Philosopher"?

3. What role does the farmer play to mankind, according to "Farming"?

4. In what city did John Brown lead a revolt?

5. What do the Magna Carta, American Revolution, and habeas corpus reveal about the English?

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