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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What credibility did Emerson have to discuss the topic of "An Address"?
(a) He lived in a small cabin in the wilderness most of his life.
(b) He was a preacher.
(c) He was a college professor.
(d) He was a Senator.

2. What view does Emerson take of human love in "Love"?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Physical.
(d) Logical.

3. What year is the focus of "New England Reformers"?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1845.

4. Whose principles, which led to a new age in quantum physics, are similar to the ideas hinted at in "Circles"?
(a) Albert Einstein's.
(b) Gabriele Veneziano's.
(c) Leonard Hofstadter's.
(d) Robert Oppenheimer's.

5. In what year was Plato born?
(a) 431 B.C.
(b) 427 A.D.
(c) 427 B.C.
(d) 431 A.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emerson suggest his readers should acquire art?

2. According to Emerson, heroism is the unwavering determination to do the right thing combined with a supremely ______.

3. How should one be a man, according to "Self-Reliance"?

4. How will society become better, according to Emerson?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the categories Emerson divides the world into?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to "Compensation", how does nature maintain balance? How can one maintain balance on earth?

2. How does Emerson define character? What analogy does he use in his definition?

3. What two major failings of the church does Emerson explain in "An Address"?

4. How was Plato's dichotomy of the body and soul relevant to Emerson's time?

5. According to "Art", from where does all art evolve? What is its purpose?

6. According to "Manners", what people are permitted latitude in their manners?

7. What are the two effects of a couple who rediscover their love for each other, according to "Love"?

8. According to "Nature", what is the role of nature?

9. What does Emerson think of Plato, according to "Plato; or, the Philosopher"? What indicates this?

10. What three categories of people does prudence manifest itself into, according to "Prudence"?

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