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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Emerson, what is one negative effect of men isolating themselves?
(a) Not being aware of societal changes.
(b) Not being aware of current events.
(c) Extreme independence.
(d) Making themselves unfit for marriage.

2. In what city did John Brown lead a revolt?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) New York City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Harpers Ferry.

3. What kind of success did Napoleon focus on?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Material.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Military.

4. What form does "Emancipation in the British West Indies" take?
(a) A poem.
(b) A tract.
(c) A brochure.
(d) A letter.

5. On what day was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
(a) March 22.
(b) January 15.
(c) July 4.
(d) September 22.

6. Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) The House of Representatives.
(b) The Senate.
(c) Daniel Webster.
(d) President Abraham Lincoln.

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

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

9. What is the subject of "The Problem"?
(a) Emerson's biography.
(b) Emerson's fear of dying alone.
(c) Emerson's split with the church.
(d) Emerson's desire to be a true poet.

10. What is the "ill-fated, much-injured race," according to "The Emancipation Proclamation"?
(a) Whites.
(b) African-Americans.
(c) Jews.
(d) Romans.

11. What would Carlyle do if elected to Parliament, according to Emerson?
(a) Expand slavery.
(b) Close down all newspapers.
(c) End slavery.
(d) Gag reporters.

12. To whom is "Ezra Ripley, D.D." a tribute?
(a) Emerson's academic advisor.
(b) Emerson's stepfather.
(c) Emerson's childhood best friend.
(d) Emerson's uncle.

13. What poem of Emerson's is about the woods and pond on his own property?
(a) "Walden".
(b) "Threnody".
(c) "Self-Reliance".
(d) "Forerunners".

14. Where did Thoreau live?
(a) On Emerson's property.
(b) In rural Texas.
(c) With friends and family, always moving.
(d) In the Yosemite Valley.

15. Why was "Abraham Lincoln" prepared?
(a) For President Lincoln's birthday.
(b) For President Lincoln's inauguration.
(c) For President Lincoln's funeral.
(d) In celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first poem in the collection "Poetry"?

2. How does Emerson describe John Brown in "John Brown"?

3. Where was Lincoln from?

4. What allows humans to survive culturally, according to Emerson?

5. In what year did Emerson deliver "Emancipation in the British West Indies"?

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