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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Heroism | The Over-Soul.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to "Self-Reliance", what can bring you peace?
(a) Nothing but God.
(b) Nothing but nature.
(c) Nothing but yourself.
(d) Nothing but independence.

3. What example does Emerson use in "Spiritual Laws" to demonstrate the effects of force-feeding children questions and answers of little interest?
(a) Discipline at home.
(b) Sunday school.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Public school.

4. What, with friendship, creates a "cordial goodwill," according to "Friendship"?
(a) Love.
(b) Goodwill.
(c) Nothing; all that is needed is friendship.
(d) Cordiality.

5. Who is the author of "Selected Writings"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Napoleon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another phrase for the over-soul, according to Emerson?

2. In what style is "Selected Writings" written?

3. What is bereft of models of heroism, according to Emerson's "Heroism"?

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

5. In what year was "Nature" published?

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