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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word does Emerson use to describe Napoleon's intellect?
(a) Average.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Genius.
(d) Action-based.

3. What state does Emerson challenge in "Emancipation in the British West Indies"?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Virginia.

4. What role does the farmer play to mankind, according to "Farming"?
(a) It is a symbiotic relationship.
(b) Continuous benefactor.
(c) He takes from mankind much more than is given back.
(d) He determines all the actions for the rest of his society.

5. To whom or what is "Conduct of Life" a love letter?
(a) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Emerson's wife.
(d) Academia.

6. What age did Napoleon usher in that the West had yet to recover from, according to Emerson?
(a) A fascination with New Age mysticism.
(b) Selfishness and materialism.
(c) The Industrial Age.
(d) Intellectualism and Spirituality.

7. What does a dollar represent, according to Emerson?
(a) Spiritual value.
(b) Moral value.
(c) Monetary value.
(d) Intellectual value.

8. What was man born to be, according to "Conduct of Life"?
(a) Poetic.
(b) Educated.
(c) Rich.
(d) Married.

9. What is one aspect of the English Emerson admires?
(a) Their spirituality.
(b) Their government rituals.
(c) Their military.
(d) Their slow-to-anger steadiness.

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

11. Where was Carlyle respected, according to "Carlyle"?
(a) Welsh society.
(b) Irish society.
(c) Scottish society.
(d) British society.

12. Where was Carlyle from?
(a) England.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Wales.

13. Why was Carlyle respected, according to "Carlyle"?
(a) For his philosophies.
(b) For his political views.
(c) For his intellect.
(d) For his ability to teach people about nature.

14. Where was Thoreau happiest, according to Emerson?
(a) On the ocean.
(b) In nature.
(c) In the city.
(d) Among people.

15. In what year did John Brown lead a revolt?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1858.
(d) 1859.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Ripley have before entering college?

2. Which of the following is NOT learned by humans to survive culturally?

3. What contemporary of Emerson's can be seen in his poem "Uriel"?

4. What is one danger of over-refinement?

5. When was Emerson's last trip to England?

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