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

2. Where was Lincoln from?
(a) Texas.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Indiana.
(d) New York.

3. What do the Magna Carta, American Revolution, and habeas corpus reveal about the English?
(a) They will fight savagely for individual rights.
(b) They are prone to bureaucracy.
(c) They have greatly influenced government all over the world.
(d) They have a rich history.

4. What is one danger of over-refinement?
(a) Difficulty functioning in the world.
(b) The loss of the individual.
(c) A lack of appreciation for society.
(d) A lack of appreciation for solitude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Napoleon call himself?

2. How was Emerson received on his last trip to England?

3. What did Emerson think of slavery?

4. What kind of excellence does the farmer have, according to Emerson?

5. In what state did John Brown lead a revolt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what three ways do geniuses maintain their distance from others?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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