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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the love between a man and woman usually begin?
(a) With shy flirtations.
(b) In hot-blooded youth.
(c) Quietly, like a summer breeze.
(d) With fire and passion.

2. The power of ______ lies in their ability to awaken us to the universal and timeless laws of man and nature.
(a) Scholars.
(b) The arts.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Historians.

3. How do people try to change old patterns in their lives?
(a) Rebelling against the way they were raised.
(b) Education and philosophy.
(c) Art and music.
(d) Drugs and alcohol.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Emerson say about communion in "The Lord's Supper"?

2. Each person has his or her own vocation that can be discovered by ______.

3. What direction is character aligned with, according to Emerson?

4. What does Emerson say people hope to have happen to old patterns?

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

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