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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Abraham Lincoln.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was "Nature" published?
(a) 1837.
(b) 1834.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1836.

2. What is the flower of the English aristocracy, according to Emerson?
(a) The diplomatic judge.
(b) The fit soldier.
(c) The philosopher.
(d) The well-educated gentleman.

3. According to Emerson, why is the farmer blessed?
(a) He makes his own schedule.
(b) He understands the seasons.
(c) He is unencumbered by societal norms.
(d) He lives in and works close to nature.

4. How was Emerson received on his last trip to England?
(a) Coldly.
(b) He was not known as a writer at this time.
(c) Warmly.
(d) He was hated by the English due to his essays about them.

5. How is the soul different from the physical body, according to Emerson?
(a) It can fall prey to temptations of the heart, while the human heart can be steeled against pain.
(b) It is lighter than the physical body.
(c) It is not bounded by time or space.
(d) It must conform to the laws of God.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are eccentricities dealt with in people who are otherwise fit to enter a mannered upper class?

2. How does Emerson describe Ripley?

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

4. Why does Emerson say every man is not duplicitous for not only being partialist?

5. Why is the accumulation of wealth a virtue, according to Emerson?

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