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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 denomination did Ripley come from?

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

3. What does culture allow humans to do, according to "Culture"?

4. What is the first poem in the collection "Poetry"?

5. What was John Brown's punishment after the revolt?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Explain the Emancipation Proclamation.

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

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

8. What significance does "Walden" have to Emerson?

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

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

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 the role of English romantic poetry on Emerson's writing, including a definition of romantic poetry in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Explain transcendentalism, focusing on Emerson's expressions of it in "Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson".

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