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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 slow-to-anger steadiness.
(b) Their spirituality.
(c) Their government rituals.
(d) Their military.

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

3. What poem of Emerson's is about the woods and pond on his own property?
(a) "Threnody".
(b) "Forerunners".
(c) "Self-Reliance".
(d) "Walden".

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

5. What was Carlyle's first name?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Mark.
(c) Timothy.
(d) Andrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Carlyle's career?

2. In what city did John Brown lead a revolt?

3. Where was Carlyle from?

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

5. What contemporary of Emerson's is suggested in his poem "Forerunners"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Explain the events that led to John Brown's death.

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

9. What does Emerson think of slavery, according to "Emancipation in the British West Indies"? What challenge does he issue in his essay?

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

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