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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 19-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emerson say is most important about verses like the ones he mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph?
(a) The writer's true feelings.
(b) The writer's character.
(c) The sentiment they instill.
(d) The thoughts they contain.

2. According to Emerson, what is the same to both "kingdom and lordship" and "John and Edward"?
(a) The importance of character.
(b) The force of power.
(c) The things of life.
(d) The value of a palace.

3. What does Emerson say conspires against "the sanity and authority of the soul"?
(a) Religion.
(b) Our mind.
(c) Worship.
(d) Time.

4. Emerson claims that man "stands on tiptoe" to see what?
(a) The past.
(b) His own riches.
(c) His blooming garden.
(d) The future.

5. What word does Emerson use to describe people who live their own opinion "in the midst of the crowd"?
(a) Ingenious.
(b) Great.
(c) Base.
(d) Independent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson suggest is required to withstand the "rage of the cultivated classes" and the "indignation of the people"?

2. Emerson says that another person of greater obedience can master him, although he does not do what?

3. What is Emerson referring to when he writes: "...seated at their heart, working through their hands..." in his description of those living according to his recommendations?

4. What does Emerson claim most men have attached themselves to?

5. What do Alfred, Scanderbeg and Gustavus have in common?

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