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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Art | The Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the love between a man and woman usually begin?
(a) With fire and passion.
(b) In hot-blooded youth.
(c) With shy flirtations.
(d) Quietly, like a summer breeze.

2. Whose minds are formed in a certain direction, according to "Spiritual Laws"?
(a) Animals.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Warriors.
(d) The unenlightened.

3. How was "The Transcendentalist" originally delivered?
(a) As a eulogy.
(b) As a letter to Henry David Thoreau.
(c) As a lecture.
(d) As a commencement address.

4. According to "Self-Reliance", the important thing is to be one's ______.
(a) Authentic self.
(b) Spiritual self.
(c) Natural self.
(d) Inner self.

5. To whom does Emerson attribute the term "transcendentalism"?
(a) Immanuel Kant.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) The Buddha.
(d) President Abraham Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Compensation", which of the following is NOT one of the realms mentioned that achieves a balance between positive and negative forces?

2. How does Emerson say one should keep a healthy balance on earth, according to "Compensation"?

3. What example does Emerson use in "Spiritual Laws" to demonstrate the effects of force-feeding children questions and answers of little interest?

4. What is the ultimate effect of two lovers drawing closer to each other spiritually?

5. According to Emerson's "The Over-Soul", which of the following is NOT the essence of the over-soul?

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