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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emerson say a great soul may as well concern himself with as with consistency?
(a) His own sense of self.
(b) His idea of divinity.
(c) His shadow on the wall.
(d) His own hobbies and interests.

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 members are trying to secure in his comparison to joint-stock companies?
(a) Their jobs.
(b) Their bread.
(c) Their profits.
(d) Their reputations.

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

5. Why does Emerson say about children's minds?
(a) Their minds are undeveloped.
(b) Their minds are uninfluenced.
(c) Their minds are untrustworthy.
(d) Their minds are whole.

6. What is Emerson referring to when he states: "It will be found symmetrical" in talking about consistency vs. contradiction?
(a) A man's character reflects the society he lives in.
(b) A good character is always the same on the outside as on the inside.
(c) Every man's character reflects his own life.
(d) Emerson's own thoughts reflect his life.

7. How does Emerson say a man feels when he has done his best?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Delivered.
(c) Restless.
(d) Relieved.

8. What does Emerson say a man must know how to estimate in talking about society and nonconformity?
(a) A sour face.
(b) Nonconformists.
(c) The will of others.
(d) Whether others disagree.

9. What does Emerson say the muscles are moved by in his discussion of company?
(a) Our own will alone.
(b) A most disagreeable sensation.
(c) A low usurping willfulness.
(d) The will of others.

10. What does Emerson claim is the only thing that is sacred?
(a) Tradition.
(b) The goodness of the world.
(c) Names and customs.
(d) The integrity of one's own mind.

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

12. How does Emerson say he wants his life to be?
(a) Peaceful and quiet.
(b) Genuine and equal.
(c) Courageous and virtuous.
(d) Glittering and philanthropic.

13. What does conformity explain?
(a) Everything.
(b) One's fear.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Itself.

14. Which of the following movements did Emerson NOT mention in his listing of "institutions"?
(a) The Reformation.
(b) Monachism.
(c) The Mongolian Empire.
(d) Abolition.

15. What does Emerson mean when he writes: "...yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color"?
(a) God will take on form even if you never believed in a deity.
(b) You should give up your life for those that give form to God.
(c) Encourage the artists that paint the likeness of God.
(d) You will find that God has an actual form.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emerson not recommend dragging about in his discussion of past acts?

3. What claim does Emerson make about the force of character?

4. What is it that we put on in company according to Emerson?

5. Which of the following figures does Emerson not mention as being an example of speaking one's mind?

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