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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Art | The Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of "An Address"?
(a) Nature.
(b) Academics.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

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

3. Who sees through appearances and trends to seize life and speak truth?
(a) The academic.
(b) The poet.
(c) The artist.
(d) The philosopher.

4. What example does Emerson use in "Spiritual Laws" to demonstrate the effects of force-feeding children questions and answers of little interest?
(a) Discipline at home.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Public school.
(d) Sunday school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What credibility did Emerson have to discuss the topic of "An Address"?

2. How is the soul different from the physical body, according to Emerson?

3. How is a new experience of reality evidenced, according to "Art"?

4. Who can too often judge and categorize art and literature, according to "The Poet"?

5. What does Emerson link with transcendentalism in "The Transcendentalist"?

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