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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. Where did Ripley graduate college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) New York University.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Boston College.

2. What is the only permanent thing in the universe, according to Emerson?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Scientific thought.
(c) Impermanence.
(d) God.

3. How does Emerson describe Ripley?
(a) Friendly to the point of being naive.
(b) Overbearing.
(c) A natural gentlemen.
(d) Cold.

4. Whose principles, which led to a new age in quantum physics, are similar to the ideas hinted at in "Circles"?
(a) Albert Einstein's.
(b) Leonard Hofstadter's.
(c) Gabriele Veneziano's.
(d) Robert Oppenheimer's.

5. Who was Plato's teacher?
(a) He was self-taught.
(b) Confucius.
(c) Immanuel Kant.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What denomination did Ripley come from?

2. How is truth revealed, according to "Intellect"?

3. What philosopher did Emerson say was the beginning and end of all philosophy?

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

5. What does Plato's concept of the dichotomy of the body and soul provide the foundation for, according to Emerson?

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