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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spiritual Laws | Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Each person has his or her own vocation that can be discovered by ______.
(a) The direction of the mind.
(b) Psychological evaluation.
(c) Cultural instruction.
(d) The person's passions.

3. What does Emerson link with transcendentalism in "The Transcendentalist"?
(a) Islam.
(b) Native American practices.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Buddhism.

4. What view does Emerson take of human love in "Love"?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Logical.
(d) Physical.

5. How should one be a man, according to "Self-Reliance"?
(a) Follow man's laws.
(b) Follow God's laws.
(c) Live in nature.
(d) Be a nonconformist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How should history be understood, according to Emerson's essay "History"?

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

3. Whose minds are formed in a certain direction, according to "Spiritual Laws"?

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

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

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