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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of man idolized Napoleon, according to Emerson?

2. What do the Magna Carta, American Revolution, and habeas corpus reveal about the English?

3. How does Emerson describe culture AND humans?

4. What was Carlyle's first name?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What example does Emerson give in "Thoreau" of Thoreau's individualism?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Emerson's view of capitalism. How does this fit into his beliefs in transcendentalism?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Emerson's view of the rite of communion in Christianity. Include the Biblical evidence he uses in his essay, "The Lord's Supper", to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Emerson's view of the fine arts, focusing on art and poetry.

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