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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Manners | Gifts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Emerson especially urge to experience their own heroism?
(a) The downtrodden.
(b) Women.
(c) Religious mystics.
(d) Children.

2. How do we pass through life, according to "Experience"?
(a) Pausing to learn from experience.
(b) Vain to think we make a difference in any life except our own.
(c) Unaware that it is miraculous.
(d) As children in a maze.

3. What natural phenomenon does Emerson use as a comparison for character in his essay "Character"?
(a) A canyon.
(b) Ocean waves.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) The wind.

4. What are "apologies for gifts," according to Emerson?
(a) Store-bought gifts.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Books.
(d) Fancy jewelry.

5. According to Emerson's "The Over-Soul", which of the following is NOT the essence of the over-soul?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Human consciousness.
(c) An indwelling sense of God.
(d) Intellectual discussion.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Emerson, what is a faint reflection of proper manners?

2. How is the soul different from the physical body, according to Emerson?

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

4. According to "Self-Reliance", what can bring you peace?

5. At what college did Emerson give "The American Scholar" as an address?

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