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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 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.

2. Why did Thoreau not have his highly superior pencil produced, despite its acclaim?
(a) He did not want to "sell out."
(b) He did not see the point in repeating himself.
(c) He did not think it would catch on.
(d) He did not have the time or skills to market it properly.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Emerson, what is one negative effect of men isolating themselves?

2. Where does Emerson say egotism likely comes from?

3. What state's citizens did Daniel Webster betray?

4. Where was Lincoln from?

5. In what does Emerson say men truly learn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the essential goodness of wealth, according to "Conduct of Life".

2. By what kind of poetry was "The Problem" inspired? What kind of rhyme does it use throughout?

3. In "Abraham Lincoln", what does Emerson say about Abraham Lincoln, particularly in regard to his presidency?

4. Explain the Fugitive Slave Law, which is the subject of "The Fugitive Slave Law". Who was behind it?

5. Why do some people glamorize farming? Why does Emerson say they should not?

6. What significance does "Walden" have to Emerson?

7. What did Emerson think of his stepfather?

8. Explain how society and solitude are both necessary for people, according to "Society and Solitude".

9. According to "Culture", what is culture? How does it develop?

10. What dichotomy in Carlyle does Emerson explain in "Carlyle"?

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