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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom or what is "Conduct of Life" a love letter?
(a) Emerson's wife.
(b) Academia.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

2. Who were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) European immigrants.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Whites.
(d) Whites and blacks.

3. What job did Ripley have before entering college?
(a) Plumber.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Day laborer.
(d) Farmer.

4. What was man born to be, according to "Conduct of Life"?
(a) Poetic.
(b) Married.
(c) Educated.
(d) Rich.

5. How does Emerson describe John Brown in "John Brown"?
(a) An academic.
(b) A conservative.
(c) A liberal.
(d) An idealist.

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

7. Why was Carlyle respected, according to "Carlyle"?
(a) For his political views.
(b) For his philosophies.
(c) For his ability to teach people about nature.
(d) For his intellect.

8. What did Lincoln understand, according to Emerson?
(a) Animals.
(b) How to get what he wanted.
(c) How to persuade people with his oratory.
(d) The value of hard work.

9. What state does Emerson challenge in "Emancipation in the British West Indies"?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Pennsylvania.

10. What does "Emancipation in the British West Indies" celebrate?
(a) Emancipation Day.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) American Independence Day.
(d) The day Emerson's family freed their slaves.

11. What did Emerson think of slavery?
(a) He thought it would soon be obsolete as machines took the places of slaves.
(b) He thought it was inherently evil.
(c) He thought it could be reformed to be an effective practice.
(d) He thought it was a necessary evil.

12. What type of man idolized Napoleon, according to Emerson?
(a) The intellectual man.
(b) The common man.
(c) His idolization spanned all types of men.
(d) The natural man.

13. When is a dollar worth more, according to Emerson?
(a) When it is used to repair roads and public buildings.
(b) When it is saved.
(c) When it is spent on a jail.
(d) When it is spent on a university.

14. How does Emerson describe culture AND humans?
(a) Gold.
(b) Not unlike nature.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Malleable.

15. What poem of Emerson's is about the woods and pond on his own property?
(a) "Threnody".
(b) "Self-Reliance".
(c) "Walden".
(d) "Forerunners".

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Thoreau's full name?

2. What does Emerson say about the southern states in "The Emancipation Proclamation"?

3. In what year did Emerson deliver "Emancipation in the British West Indies"?

4. What kind of nature does Emerson say the farmer has?

5. What is a hermit?

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