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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 tendency does to variety of actions?
(a) Tendency steers the course of a variety of actions.
(b) Tendency unites all actions.
(c) Tendency makes good any vice in a variety of actions.
(d) Tendency kills the distinctness of variety.

2. Who does Emerson say babies conform to?
(a) Nobody.
(b) Everybody.
(c) Their parents.
(d) The world at large.

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

4. How does Emerson say adults feel in looking into the faces of children?
(a) Disconcerted.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Conquered.
(d) Powerful.

5. What is "Himmaleh"?
(a) An imaginary creature.
(b) A great ship.
(c) The Himalayan mountain range.
(d) A place like heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the world been taught by "this colossal symbol," the world's instructors?

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

3. Which of the following examples does Emerson NOT name in conjunction with the attribute of the Supreme Cause?

4. On what does Emerson say we will be advancing if we live as "guides, redeemers and benefactors"?

5. When does Emerson claim power ceases?

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