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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fugitive Slave Law.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose minds are formed in a certain direction, according to "Spiritual Laws"?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Animals.
(c) Warriors.
(d) The unenlightened.

2. To whom does Emerson attribute the term "transcendentalism"?
(a) The Buddha.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) President Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Immanuel Kant.

3. What is the mentality of 1844 based on, according to Emerson?
(a) The worth of the individual.
(b) The desire to be included in popular culture.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) The blind loyalty to government officials.

4. According to Emerson, what can only be glimpsed but never possessed?
(a) God's divine design.
(b) The true purpose of nature.
(c) The true beauties of nature.
(d) The true purpose of mankind.

5. What credibility did Emerson have to discuss the topic of "An Address"?
(a) He lived in a small cabin in the wilderness most of his life.
(b) He was a Senator.
(c) He was a college professor.
(d) He was a preacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What allows humans to survive culturally, according to Emerson?

2. How does nature affect mankind, according to Emerson?

3. Whom does Emerson attack in "The Fugitive Slave Law"?

4. What is bereft of models of heroism, according to Emerson's "Heroism"?

5. What poem of Emerson's is about the woods and pond on his own property?

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