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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What job did Ripley have before entering college?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Day laborer.
2. What is the subject of "The Problem"?
(a) Emerson's biography.
(b) Emerson's split with the church.
(c) Emerson's desire to be a true poet.
(d) Emerson's fear of dying alone.
3. Whom does Emerson compare Lincoln to in "Abraham Lincoln"?
(a) The Buddha.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) George Washington.
4. To whom or what is "Conduct of Life" a love letter?
(a) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(b) Academia.
(c) Emerson's wife.
(d) Capitalism.
5. Where did Ripley graduate college?
(a) New York University.
(b) Boston College.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to "Society and Solitude", what is necessary for men to formulate thoughts?
2. According to Emerson, why is the farmer blessed?
3. In what city did John Brown lead a revolt?
4. How does Emerson describe Ripley?
5. How does Emerson describe John Brown in "John Brown"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the purpose of "Ezra Ripley, D.D."? Where was it presented?
2. Why did Emerson write "Abraham Lincoln"? How did New Englanders feel about this?
3. In what three ways do geniuses maintain their distance from others?
4. In "Abraham Lincoln", what does Emerson say about Abraham Lincoln, particularly in regard to his presidency?
5. Explain the relationship between Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
6. How does Emerson say a truly clever man accumulates wealth? What examples does Emerson give?
7. Why does Emerson call the farmer the "continuous benefactor" of mankind in "Farming"?
8. How are humans like plants, according to "Culture"?
9. Why do some people glamorize farming? Why does Emerson say they should not?
10. According to "Culture", what is culture? How does it develop?
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