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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Emerson describing when he states: "In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity: yet when the devout motions of the soul come ... they should clothe God with shape and color"?
(a) It is acceptable to change one's mind.
(b) You must be wary of religious emotion.
(c) We can never truly know what God is like.
(d) Your own ideas of God are unimportant.

2. Why does Emerson say we distrust our sentiment?
(a) We are unsure of what others will think.
(b) We understand the opposition.
(c) We are unsure of ourselves.
(d) We understand the work required.

3. What does Emerson mean by the word "meanness" when he writes: "This rule ... may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness"?
(a) Plainness.
(b) Harshness.
(c) Hatefulness.
(d) Spitefulness.

4. What kind of expression does Emerson say that we begin to acquire with conformity?
(a) The gentlest perceptive expression.
(b) The gentlest rational expression.
(c) The gentlest asinine expression.
(d) The gentlest weak-minded expression.

5. What does Emerson give as his reason for insisting that we "...must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny..."?
(a) We are now men.
(b) We must live according to our conscience.
(c) Society demands this of us.
(d) We are old enough.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Emerson make an example of when talking about living according to his recommendations?

3. What does genuine action explain?

4. What does conformity explain?

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

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