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

2. How do people try to change old patterns in their lives?
(a) Education and philosophy.
(b) Rebelling against the way they were raised.
(c) Art and music.
(d) Drugs and alcohol.

3. What does Plato's concept of the dichotomy of the body and soul provide the foundation for, according to Emerson?
(a) The afterlife.
(b) America's bipartisanism.
(c) Paganism's polytheism.
(d) Christianity's monotheism.

4. How is truth revealed, according to "Intellect"?
(a) As a wave in the ocean.
(b) As a bolt of lightning.
(c) As a butterfly from a caterpillar.
(d) As a wandering light.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only permanent thing in the universe, according to Emerson?

2. To whom is "Ezra Ripley, D.D." a tribute?

3. What denomination did Ripley come from?

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

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

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