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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 think about being misunderstood?
(a) It's inevitable.
(b) It's not as bad as people say.
(c) It's the greatest risk in a great man's life.
(d) It's a compliment.

2. Emerson states that we are "like children" who do what?
(a) "Are perfect at every moment."
(b) "Postpone that which inevitably must come."
(c) "Repeat by rote the sentences of grandames and tutors."
(d) "Do not yet understand the truth we witness."

3. What does Emerson say "...is all that concerns..." him?
(a) My own thought.
(b) What I believe.
(c) What I must do.
(d) My own charities.

4. What does Emerson say man is jailed by?
(a) The youth.
(b) His consciousness.
(c) Other people.
(d) His interests.

5. What does Emerson say a man should learn to detect and watch?
(a) His true character.
(b) His own thoughts.
(c) The actions of others.
(d) His inner light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say the muscles are moved by in his discussion of company?

2. Who does Emerson make an example of when talking about living according to his recommendations?

3. Besides children, who does Emerson say God has armed with "piquancy and charm"?

4. What does Emerson mean when he writes: "...yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color"?

5. What does Emerson say a great soul may as well concern himself with as with consistency?

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