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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of manners, according to Emerson's "Manners"?
(a) To demonstrate superiority over animals and savages.
(b) To foster intellectual discussion.
(c) To facilitate the creation and function of society.
(d) To establish social ranking.

2. Who said, "Do not flatter your benefactors"?
(a) The Buddha.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) An unnamed Indian guru.

3. According to Emerson, it is the challenge of American scholars to foster and support the development of truly American ______ and ______.
(a) Thought; culture.
(b) Culture; literature.
(c) Language; literature.
(d) Thought; language.

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

5. How are eccentricities dealt with in people who are otherwise fit to enter a mannered upper class?
(a) They become ammunition for expulsion from that upper class.
(b) They are molded into good manners.
(c) They are politely ignored.
(d) They become a matter of amusement.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do we pass through life, according to "Experience"?

3. What is the direction of nature and human consciousness?

4. Who can too often judge and categorize art and literature, according to "The Poet"?

5. What is the function of art, according to Emerson?

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