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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through English Traits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emerson say one should keep a healthy balance on earth, according to "Compensation"?
(a) Do not acquire wealth.
(b) Give back to society.
(c) Repay all debts as soon as possible.
(d) Give back to nature.

2. What word or phrase means a belief that God's grace allows an individual to ignore all laws, divine and terrestrial?
(a) Antinomianism.
(b) Divine providence.
(c) Entitlement.
(d) Faith.

3. According to Emerson's "The Over-Soul", which of the following is NOT the essence of the over-soul?
(a) Intellectual discussion.
(b) Human consciousness.
(c) An indwelling sense of God.
(d) Spirituality.

4. How does Emerson say we become aware of the changes in our lives brought on by experience?
(a) By living our lives.
(b) By observing those same changes in other people's lives.
(c) Through prayer.
(d) In retrospect.

5. According to "Self-Reliance", what can bring you peace?
(a) Nothing but nature.
(b) Nothing but God.
(c) Nothing but yourself.
(d) Nothing but independence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seldom-acknowledged factor in coloring people's experience is a large part of everyone's life?

2. When was Emerson's last trip to England?

3. How do we pass through life, according to "Experience"?

4. Which of the following is the best and most efficient type of economy for man, according to Emerson?

5. What is bereft of models of heroism, according to Emerson's "Heroism"?

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