View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spiritual Laws | Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What credibility did Emerson have to discuss the topic of "An Address"?
(a) He was a college professor.
(b) He was a Senator.
(c) He was a preacher.
(d) He lived in a small cabin in the wilderness most of his life.

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

3. According to Emerson, it is the challenge of American scholars to foster and support the development of truly American ______ and ______.
(a) Thought; culture.
(b) Culture; literature.
(c) Thought; language.
(d) Language; literature.

4. Whose minds are formed in a certain direction, according to "Spiritual Laws"?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Animals.
(c) Warriors.
(d) The unenlightened.

5. The power of ______ lies in their ability to awaken us to the universal and timeless laws of man and nature.
(a) The arts.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Scholars.
(d) Historians.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emerson say one should keep a healthy balance on earth, according to "Compensation"?

2. In what year was "Nature" published?

3. According to "Self-Reliance", what can bring you peace?

4. What view does Emerson take of human love in "Love"?

5. How should history be understood, according to Emerson's essay "History"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 240 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample