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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 19-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Emerson mentions something personal to him that makes "no reference" to the past and simply exists with God today. What is it?
(a) His book.
(b) His house.
(c) His roses.
(d) His patron saint.

2. Which of the following movements did Emerson NOT mention in his listing of "institutions"?
(a) Monachism.
(b) The Reformation.
(c) Abolition.
(d) The Mongolian Empire.

3. Emerson claims that man "stands on tiptoe" to see what?
(a) The past.
(b) His own riches.
(c) His blooming garden.
(d) The future.

4. Who does Emerson make an example of when talking about living according to his recommendations?
(a) Great artists.
(b) Great men.
(c) Minors and invalids.
(d) True geniuses.

5. What does Emerson say he will do if he is the Devil's child?
(a) He will try to find God.
(b) He will live from the Devil.
(c) He will find the doctrines of the church.
(d) He will live wholly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Emerson say about children's minds?

2. What is it that we put on in company according to Emerson?

3. How does Emerson measure the degree to which a thing is real?

4. What does Emerson say a man must know how to estimate in talking about society and nonconformity?

5. Who or what does Emerson say he is living his life for?

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