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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emerson say will happen if one does not put his heart into his work?
(a) His friends will desert him.
(b) God will desert him.
(c) His family will desert him.
(d) His genius will desert him.

2. How does Emerson say he knows it makes no difference whether he does or forbears "...those actions which are reckoned excellent"?
(a) Society at large gave him the answer.
(b) His experience told him.
(c) God told him.
(d) He knows for himself.

3. What does Emerson insist a man must be in order to really be a man?
(a) Genuine.
(b) Self-reliant.
(c) Fearless.
(d) Nonconformist.

4. What does Emerson suggest one should accept in regards to divine providence?
(a) The place divine providence has found for them.
(b) The feelings divine providence has instilled in them.
(c) The ideas divine providence has instilled in them.
(d) The work divine providence has allotted them.

5. What does Emerson say a man should learn to detect and watch?
(a) His true character.
(b) His own thoughts.
(c) His inner light.
(d) The actions of others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say members are trying to secure in his comparison to joint-stock companies?

2. Who wrote the verses that Emerson mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph?

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

4. What does Emerson give as his reason for insisting that we "...must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny..."?

5. How does Emerson say adults feel in looking into the faces of children?

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