Which of the following poets is considered the quintessential American "common man"?
a. James Fenimore Cooper
b. Herman Melville
c. Edgar Alan Poe
d. Emily Dickinson
e. Walt Whitman
Ans: e. Walt Whitman
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A) Saladin B) Temujin C) Timur D) Khwarazm E) Nuraddin
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a. critical of Enlightenment principles that released instincts religion had once controlled. b. suspicious of the theory of natural rights. c. fearful of utopian visions and those who would implement them by force. d. of the view that human wickedness was not caused by a faulty environment, but lay at the core of human nature. e. All of these
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A. demonstrating imperial power B. spreading Christianity C. expanding knowledge D. gaining economic wealth