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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How are eccentricities dealt with in people who are otherwise fit to enter a mannered upper class?
(a) They become ammunition for expulsion from that upper class.
(b) They are politely ignored.
(c) They are molded into good manners.
(d) They become a matter of amusement.

3. To whom does Emerson attribute the term "transcendentalism"?
(a) President Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Immanuel Kant.
(d) The Buddha.

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

5. According to Emerson, who "should see that he can live all history in his own person"?
(a) The historian.
(b) The scholar.
(c) The philosopher.
(d) The enlightened individual.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "An Address", what subverts the truly moral character of man?

2. What allows humans to survive culturally, according to Emerson?

3. Who said, "Do not flatter your benefactors"?

4. What direction is character aligned with, according to Emerson?

5. How do people try to change old patterns in their lives?

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