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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does history favor in regard to the issue of slavery?
(a) Popular practice.
(b) Political discourse.
(c) Human rights and abolition.
(d) The wealthy.

2. What was Carlyle's career?
(a) Writer.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Politician.
(d) He worked outdoors.

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

4. What does Emerson say threatens culture?
(a) An excess of egotism.
(b) Lack of education.
(c) Censorship.
(d) A totalitarian government.

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

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

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

8. When was Emerson's last trip to England?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1833.

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

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

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

12. What job did Ripley have before entering college?
(a) Day laborer.
(b) Plumber.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Preacher.

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

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

15. Whom does Emerson compare Lincoln to in "Abraham Lincoln"?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) The Buddha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Napoleon call himself?

2. What does a dollar represent, according to Emerson?

3. What kind of success did Napoleon focus on?

4. Whose rights did the Fugitive Slave Law protect?

5. What state does Emerson challenge in "Emancipation in the British West Indies"?

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