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

3. At what college did Emerson give "The American Scholar" as an address?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Princeton.
(d) New York University.

4. What philosopher did Emerson say was the beginning and end of all philosophy?
(a) Confucius.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Immanuel Kant.
(d) Plato.

5. What aspect of man does "Nominalist and Realist" delve into?
(a) Greed.
(b) Bipolar nature.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Psychology.

6. What, with friendship, creates a "cordial goodwill," according to "Friendship"?
(a) Cordiality.
(b) Goodwill.
(c) Nothing; all that is needed is friendship.
(d) Love.

7. If the people within a commune did not work equally, what does Emerson say the harder-working individuals would do?
(a) Defect and start another commune.
(b) Create a hierarchy and rule the weaker workers.
(c) Defect and seek fortunes in the larger world.
(d) Grow agitated and start fighting among themselves.

8. According to Emerson, what do realists have on their side?
(a) Reason.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Faith.
(d) Heart.

9. How are eccentricities dealt with in people who are otherwise fit to enter a mannered upper class?
(a) They become ammunition for expulsion from that upper class.
(b) They are molded into good manners.
(c) They become a matter of amusement.
(d) They are politely ignored.

10. The power of ______ lies in their ability to awaken us to the universal and timeless laws of man and nature.
(a) Scholars.
(b) The arts.
(c) Historians.
(d) Philosophers.

11. According to "Self-Reliance", what can bring you peace?
(a) Nothing but nature.
(b) Nothing but independence.
(c) Nothing but yourself.
(d) Nothing but God.

12. Why does Emerson say every man is not duplicitous for not only being partialist?
(a) Emerson says men are duplicitous.
(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) He can move between viewpoints, but is not both simultaneously.

13. How do we pass through life, according to "Experience"?
(a) Vain to think we make a difference in any life except our own.
(b) As children in a maze.
(c) Unaware that it is miraculous.
(d) Pausing to learn from experience.

14. Which of the following is NOT one of the categories Emerson divides the world into?
(a) Commodity.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Truth.
(d) Language.

15. What is the primary tool of the poet?
(a) Truth.
(b) Language.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Experience.