Self-Reliance Quiz

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does Emerson not recommend dragging about in his discussion of past acts? (from Paragraphs 9-18)

The deadweight of contradiction.

The carcass of your consistency.

The burden of the public.

The corpse of your memory.

2.

According to Emerson, Galileo did more with what than anyone since? (from Paragraph 28-End of Essay)

An opera-glass.

A telescope.

A map of the stars.

A thermometer.

3.

What does Emerson say Joseph does with his coat? (from Paragraphs 9-18)

Leaves it "under the cloak of night."

Leaves it "in the hand of the harlot."

Leaves it behind "like an empty husk."

Leaves it "among the darkest enemy."

4.

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"? (from Paragraphs 9-18)

It is acceptable to change one's mind.

You must be wary of religious emotion.

We can never truly know what God is like.

Your own ideas of God are unimportant.

5.

Which story does Emerson tell to get his point across about self-perception? (from Paragraphs 9-18)

That of a duke who leaves his riches behind to become a poor man.

That of a poor man who trusts himself enough to become a duke.

That of a duke taken to a poor man's house and told he is a poor man.

That of a poor man taken to a duke's house and told he is the duke.

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