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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nominalist and Realist.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom does Emerson attribute the term "transcendentalism"?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) The Buddha.
(c) President Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Immanuel Kant.

3. What kind of friendship does Emerson prefer?
(a) An intellectual friendship.
(b) A long-distance friendship.
(c) A rough kind of friendship.
(d) A friendship that is "evenly matched."

4. How should history be understood, according to Emerson's essay "History"?
(a) As a piece of the puzzle of the human experience.
(b) As subjective narrative.
(c) As biography.
(d) As the first and most basic art form.

5. Why are nominalists more popular?
(a) They are quieter about their beliefs.
(b) They are "louder" in expressing their beliefs.
(c) They have been around longer.
(d) Their general ideas about things are how we intuitively understand the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, with friendship, creates a "cordial goodwill," according to "Friendship"?

2. How is a new experience of reality evidenced, according to "Art"?

3. What does Emerson call prudence, according to "Prudence"?

4. In what year was "Nature" published?

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

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