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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 "plays us false" in history?
(a) Our kings.
(b) Our ceremonies.
(c) Our memories.
(d) Our imaginations.

2. Which of the following did Emerson NOT say by name is misunderstood?
(a) Socrates
(b) Luther
(c) Jesus
(d) Plato

3. What does Emerson say will explain "the magnetism which all original action exerts"?
(a) The force of character.
(b) The reason of self-trust.
(c) The power of will.
(d) The right of every man.

4. 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 thoughts they contain.
(c) The writer's character.
(d) The sentiment they instill.

5. What does Emerson say will happen if one does not put his heart into his work?
(a) God will desert him.
(b) His genius will desert him.
(c) His family will desert him.
(d) His friends will desert him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson insist a man must be in order to really be a man?

2. "...the man in the street, finding no worth in himself..." feels poor when he looks on what?

3. What are "sallies" of will?

4. How does Emerson measure the degree to which a thing is real?

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

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