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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 9-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Emerson say a character is "like an acrostic"?
(a) Human character is ever-changing.
(b) No matter how you read it, it always spells the same thing.
(c) Human character is puzzling.
(d) Trying to understand one's character can be fun.

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

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

4. What claim does Emerson make about the force of character?
(a) It is unbreakable.
(b) It is cumulative.
(c) It is what differentiates great men from all others.
(d) It is the only genuine path.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Ne te quaesiveris extra" mean?

2. What does Emerson claim most men have attached themselves to?

3. What does Emerson say he has difficulty detecting when people "maintain a dead church"?

4. What does Emerson claim is the virtue "in most request"?

5. Emerson explains in his essay exactly what it is that "scares us from self-trust." What is it?

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