Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson Quiz Questions | Quiz: Nature | The American Scholar to Experience | Character

Quiz: Nature | The American Scholar to Experience | Character

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

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. How is the soul different from the physical body, according to Emerson?
a) It can fall prey to temptations of the heart, while the human heart can be steeled against pain.
b) It must conform to the laws of God.
c) It is not bounded by time or space.
d) It is lighter than the physical body.

2. Whose principles, which led to a new age in quantum physics, are similar to the ideas hinted at in "Circles"?
a) Leonard Hofstadter's.
b) Gabriele Veneziano's.
c) Robert Oppenheimer's.
d) Albert Einstein's.

3. How should one be a man, according to "Self-Reliance"?
a) Follow man's laws.
b) Live in nature.
c) Be...
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