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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only permanent thing in the universe, according to Emerson?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Scientific thought.
(c) Impermanence.
(d) God.

2. What does true friendship require, according to Emerson?
(a) Cordial goodwill.
(b) Friendly love.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Humility.

3. How do people try to change old patterns in their lives?
(a) Drugs and alcohol.
(b) Education and philosophy.
(c) Art and music.
(d) Rebelling against the way they were raised.

4. What happens when you greatly admire or revere someone?
(a) You become jealous of them.
(b) You resent them.
(c) You emulate them.
(d) You raise them to perfection in your mind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say people hope to have happen to old patterns?

2. To whom does Emerson attribute the term "transcendentalism"?

3. Whose minds are formed in a certain direction, according to "Spiritual Laws"?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the categories Emerson divides the world into?

5. What right of individuals has never been tried as the foundation of a state?

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