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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraph 28-End of Essay.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which story does Emerson tell to get his point across about self-perception?
(a) That of a duke who leaves his riches behind to become a poor man.
(b) That of a poor man taken to a duke's house and told he is the duke.
(c) That of a poor man who trusts himself enough to become a duke.
(d) That of a duke taken to a poor man's house and told he is a poor man.

2. What has the world been taught by "this colossal symbol," the world's instructors?
(a) The respect due to the nation's great minds.
(b) The value of loyalty.
(c) The respect due from man to man.
(d) The value of virtue.

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

4. How does Emerson say a man can recognize what he is capable of?
(a) He cannot know until he's tried.
(b) His inner voice tells him.
(c) His inner power becomes clear.
(d) Nature tells him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Emerson say we distrust our sentiment?

2. What does Emerson say we can know about justice?

3. What does Emerson say will happen if one does not put his heart into his work?

4. In the state of having "life in yourself" that Emerson describes, what does he claim is of no account?

5. According to Emerson, what are heroes attended by?

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