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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. What does Emerson say members are required to surrender in his comparison to joint-stock companies?
(a) Liberty and culture.
(b) Nature and freedom.
(c) Liberty and freedom.
(d) Culture and education.

2. What rule of wisdom does Emerson seem to find in his discussion of society's views of past acts?
(a) Always rely on the memory of others.
(b) Always rely on your memory alone.
(c) Never rely on the memories of others.
(d) Never rely on your memory alone.

3. What does Emerson say man is jailed by?
(a) The youth.
(b) His consciousness.
(c) Other people.
(d) His interests.

4. What "...may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted..."?
(a) Our own preestablished harmony.
(b) The character that makes an impression on us.
(c) The divine idea each of us represents.
(d) The power that resides in us.

5. What does Emerson claim has happened to "the highest truth on this subject" in referencing the point of the essay overall?
(a) It shall remain a mystery.
(b) It remains unsaid.
(c) It cannot prevail.
(d) It cannot be understood.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Emerson claim that the luster "will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen"?

2. At what have men looked "so long that they have come to esteem the religious, learned, and civil institutions as guards"?

3. What does Emerson say one should ask the "invaders" to do since "God is here within"?

4. What does Emerson say conformity does in his objection to it?

5. What is Emerson suggesting with his mention of Joseph and his coat?

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