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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ezra Ripley, D.D..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emerson say people hope to have happen to old patterns?
(a) To forget them.
(b) To learn from them.
(c) To find others who share them.
(d) To be shocked out of them.

2. What is the direction of nature and human consciousness?
(a) The creation of ever-widening circles.
(b) An unlighted path.
(c) Walking an endless circle.
(d) Like a labyrinth that turns in on itself.

3. What denomination did Ripley come from?
(a) Anglican.
(b) Quaker.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Puritanism.

4. What job did Ripley have before entering college?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Plumber.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Day laborer.

5. What philosopher did Emerson say was the beginning and end of all philosophy?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Confucius.
(c) Immanuel Kant.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Plato born?

2. What did Plato emphasize over the body, according to "Plato, or the Philosopher"?

3. How do people try to change old patterns in their lives?

4. What word did Plato use to explain opposites joined together, according to "Plato, or the Philosopher"?

5. Where did Ripley graduate college?

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