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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 does Emerson say people hope to have happen to old patterns?
(a) To learn from them.
(b) To forget them.
(c) To find others who share them.
(d) To be shocked out of them.

2. Who sees through appearances and trends to seize life and speak truth?
(a) The academic.
(b) The poet.
(c) The philosopher.
(d) The artist.

3. According to "Self-Reliance", the important thing is to be one's ______.
(a) Natural self.
(b) Spiritual self.
(c) Authentic self.
(d) Inner self.

4. What happens when you greatly admire or revere someone?
(a) You emulate them.
(b) You raise them to perfection in your mind.
(c) You become jealous of them.
(d) You resent them.

5. What credibility did Emerson have to discuss the topic of "An Address"?
(a) He was a Senator.
(b) He lived in a small cabin in the wilderness most of his life.
(c) He was a preacher.
(d) He was a college professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "An Address", what subverts the truly moral character of man?

2. What is the ultimate effect of two lovers drawing closer to each other spiritually?

3. What arose as the most equitable way of protecting individual rights, according to "Politics"?

4. What natural phenomenon does Emerson use as a comparison for character in his essay "Character"?

5. According to Emerson, it is the challenge of American scholars to foster and support the development of truly American ______ and ______.

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