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

2. What was the main argument in favor of the Fugitive Slave Law?
(a) Families should not be punished for the situation slaves are in.
(b) It is easier to protect slaves than to give blacks equal rights.
(c) It is an accepted practice in the British West Indies.
(d) Slavery is an accepted practice in America.

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

4. What form does "John Brown" take?
(a) Short story.
(b) Letter.
(c) Ode.
(d) Elegy.

5. What denomination did Ripley come from?
(a) Quaker.
(b) Puritanism.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Anglican.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is a dollar worth more, according to Emerson?

2. Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation?

3. Why was "Abraham Lincoln" prepared?

4. What kind of income does the farmer usually earn?

5. What poem of Emerson's is about the woods and pond on his own property?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Emerson say about the South in "The Emancipation Proclamation"? Why?

3. List at least three negative qualities Napoleon possessed. What effect did he have on modern society?

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

5. Why does Emerson call the farmer the "continuous benefactor" of mankind in "Farming"?

6. Explain Emancipation Day, which was the inspiration for "Emancipation in the British West Indies".

7. What does Emerson think of Daniel Webster? Why?

8. Explain the relationship between Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.

9. How does Emerson describe the English as a people?

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

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