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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 does Emerson say boys don't worry about?
(a) Consequences.
(b) Their consciousness.
(c) What others think.
(d) Being genuine.

2. What does "Ne te quaesiveris extra" mean?
(a) Do not look outside yourself.
(b) Man is his own star.
(c) Do not reach outside yourself.
(d) Every man should do extra work.

3. What does Emerson say conformity does in his objection to it?
(a) It scatters one's force.
(b) It blurs one's judgment.
(c) It weakens one's contribution.
(d) It drains one's will.

4. What does Emerson say "...is all that concerns..." him?
(a) What I believe.
(b) What I must do.
(c) My own charities.
(d) My own thought.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say he does not need in talking about virtuous action?

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

3. What does Emerson insist men carry themselves in the presence of?

4. Who does Emerson say babies conform to?

5. What does Emerson insist a man must be in order to really be a man?

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