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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. What arose as the most equitable way of protecting individual rights, according to "Politics"?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Serfdom.

2. How many trips did Emerson make to England that led to the writing of "English Traits"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. What is the first poem in the collection "Poetry"?
(a) "Goodbye".
(b) "The Problem".
(c) "Threnody".
(d) "Lines to Ellen".

4. What right of individuals has never been tried as the foundation of a state?
(a) Reverence.
(b) Employment.
(c) Trust.
(d) Love.

5. What state's citizens did Daniel Webster betray?
(a) Maine.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do we pass through life, according to "Experience"?

2. What form does "Emancipation in the British West Indies" take?

3. What is the primary tool of the poet?

4. Who was Plato's teacher?

5. According to Emerson, what can only be glimpsed but never possessed?

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