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

2. Whose rights did the Fugitive Slave Law protect?
(a) Slaveholders.
(b) Families of slaves.
(c) Free blacks.
(d) Slaves.

3. Where was Carlyle from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Scotland.
(c) England.
(d) Wales.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT learned by humans to survive culturally?

2. What word does Emerson use to describe Napoleon's intellect?

3. How does Emerson describe John Brown in "John Brown"?

4. Why did Thoreau not have his highly superior pencil produced, despite its acclaim?

5. What does "Emancipation in the British West Indies" celebrate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What three things does Emerson say Thomas Carlyle was?

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

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

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

5. What is the purpose of "Ezra Ripley, D.D."? Where was it presented?

6. According to "Napoleon; or, the Man of the World", what evidence is there that Napoleon was a genius?

7. Describe Emerson's two trips to England, including the year for each, which led to his writing of "English Traits".

8. How are humans like plants, according to "Culture"?

9. Why did Emerson write "Abraham Lincoln"? How did New Englanders feel about this?

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

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