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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emerson say a man must know how to estimate in talking about society and nonconformity?
(a) A sour face.
(b) The will of others.
(c) Nonconformists.
(d) Whether others disagree.

2. What is a hobgoblin?
(a) A superficial object.
(b) A misinterpretation.
(c) An apparent danger.
(d) An imaginary creature.

3. Emerson says boys try and sentence people and facts based on what?
(a) Their intuition.
(b) Their own mind.
(c) Their characters.
(d) Their merits.

4. According to Emerson, what are heroes attended by?
(a) An undying light.
(b) A visible escort of angels.
(c) The worship of others.
(d) Their victories.

5. What does God communicate when he speaks, according to Emerson?
(a) All things.
(b) The truth.
(c) His will.
(d) Pure light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does genuine action explain?

2. What does Emerson say members are required to surrender in his comparison to joint-stock companies?

3. What are boys sure of in Emerson's example of how boys speak their mind?

4. Emerson says that another person of greater obedience can master him, although he does not do what?

5. What is an institution the lengthened shadow of?

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