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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Emerson received on his last trip to England?
(a) He was hated by the English due to his essays about them.
(b) Coldly.
(c) He was not known as a writer at this time.
(d) Warmly.

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

3. What group did Emerson share "Ezra Ripley, D.D." with?
(a) A local library group.
(b) The Social Circle of Concord.
(c) Boston College.
(d) Concord's daily newspaper.

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

5. What allows humans to survive culturally, according to Emerson?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Adaptability.
(c) Faith.
(d) Education.

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

7. Which of the following is NOT a way men of genius maintain their distance from others?
(a) An acid tongue.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Fear.
(d) Courtesy.

8. According to Emerson, why is the farmer blessed?
(a) He understands the seasons.
(b) He makes his own schedule.
(c) He is unencumbered by societal norms.
(d) He lives in and works close to nature.

9. What kind of income does the farmer usually earn?
(a) Modest.
(b) None at all.
(c) Ample.
(d) Miniscule.

10. What did Emerson think of slavery?
(a) He thought it could be reformed to be an effective practice.
(b) He thought it was a necessary evil.
(c) He thought it was inherently evil.
(d) He thought it would soon be obsolete as machines took the places of slaves.

11. What does Emerson say is difficult because "solitude is impracticable, and society fatal"?
(a) Living in solitude.
(b) Creating an effective society.
(c) Finding a balance between society and solitude.
(d) Functioning in society as a genius.

12. How does Emerson describe culture AND humans?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Gold.
(c) Malleable.
(d) Not unlike nature.

13. How does Emerson describe John Brown in "John Brown"?
(a) An academic.
(b) A liberal.
(c) An idealist.
(d) A conservative.

14. What kind of man does Emerson say makes his wealth on a large scale by using the masses and their leaders?
(a) A charismatic man.
(b) A greedy man.
(c) A clever man.
(d) A lazy man.

15. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1863.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of man idolized Napoleon, according to Emerson?

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

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

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

5. Where was Carlyle from?

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