TRUE or FALSE: In “Self-Reliance,” Emerson praises infancy because babies are born without the desire to conform to society.

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil,” Who is the first one who asks Mr. Hooper why he is wearing the veil?

TRUE or FALSE: One of the beliefs of transcendentalism that is evident in Emerson’s works is the focus on individualism. 

Identify the author of the following passage: Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He would would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore it to be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.

TRUE or FALSE: In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil,” according to the story’s narration, wearing the veil made Mr. Hooper a “very efficient clergyman.”

The following quotation from Olaudah Equiano’s narrative includes an example of which literary device? “We were conducted immediately to the merchant’s yard, where we were all pent up together, like so many sheep in a fold, without regard to sex or age” (A-662). 

Consider the following claim: In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, “The Birth-Mark,” Georgiana’s birthmark is literally a physical flaw thought to tarnish her beauty. However, Aylmer interprets the birthmark as a sign of deeper flaws. The primary conflict in the story results from the symbolic meaning that Aylmer ascribes to the birthmark. Which of the following quotations could be used to support this claim? Select all that apply. 

After two years working for the family business as a candle- and soap-maker, Franklin is apprenticed to his older brother James as a printer. Why does Franklin’s father apprentice him to the printing trade?

TRUE or FALSE: Benjamin Franklin’s list of virtues originally only had twelve items, but he added the thirteenth virtue, humility, after a friend pointed out the pride in Franklin’s character. 

TRUE or FALSE: Since the publication of his Narrative, scholars have confirmed that Olaudah Equiano was  born in Africa, specifically Nigeria.