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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does true friendship require, according to Emerson?
(a) Friendly love.
(b) Cordial goodwill.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Humility.

3. Why does Emerson say every man is not duplicitous for not only being partialist?
(a) He can move between viewpoints, but is not both simultaneously.
(b) It is simply the way the human mind works.
(c) He really is only a partialist, except when in conversation with other philosophers.
(d) Emerson says men are duplicitous.

4. What does Emerson call prudence, according to "Prudence"?
(a) The way of men.
(b) The path to peace.
(c) The virtue of the senses.
(d) The beginning of the end.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of man does "Nominalist and Realist" delve into?

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

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

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

5. At what college did Emerson give "The American Scholar" as an address?

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