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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of "An Address"?
(a) Nature.
(b) Politics.
(c) Religion.
(d) Academics.

2. What does Emerson believe about nature?
(a) It is unchanging.
(b) It can be used as an analogy for all aspects of life.
(c) It is bipolar.
(d) It will be the only thing that lasts.

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

4. How does Emerson say one should keep a healthy balance on earth, according to "Compensation"?
(a) Give back to nature.
(b) Do not acquire wealth.
(c) Give back to society.
(d) Repay all debts as soon as possible.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does true friendship require, according to Emerson?

4. According to Emerson, heroism is the unwavering determination to do the right thing combined with a supremely ______.

5. According to Emerson, what can only be glimpsed but never possessed?

(see the answer key)

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