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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was "Nature" published?
(a) 1836.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1834.

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

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

4. According to Emerson, who "should see that he can live all history in his own person"?
(a) The historian.
(b) The scholar.
(c) The philosopher.
(d) The enlightened individual.

5. According to "An Address", what subverts the truly moral character of man?
(a) European academia.
(b) American politics.
(c) Industry.
(d) Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What credibility did Emerson have to discuss the topic of "An Address"?

2. Who is the author of "Selected Writings"?

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

4. How does the love between a man and woman usually begin?

5. According to "Self-Reliance", the important thing is to be one's ______.

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