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

2. According to Emerson, it is the challenge of American scholars to foster and support the development of truly American ______ and ______.
(a) Culture; literature.
(b) Thought; language.
(c) Thought; culture.
(d) Language; literature.

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

4. What is the only permanent thing in the universe, according to Emerson?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Scientific thought.
(c) God.
(d) Impermanence.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the direction of nature and human consciousness?

3. What is another phrase for the over-soul, according to Emerson?

4. Who or what is a part of nature, according to "Nature"?

5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the best gift, according to "Gifts"?

(see the answer key)

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