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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 insist a man must be in order to really be a man?
(a) Fearless.
(b) Genuine.
(c) Self-reliant.
(d) Nonconformist.

2. What are boys sure of in Emerson's example of how boys speak their mind?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Their dinner.

3. What does Emerson claim has happened to "the highest truth on this subject" in referencing the point of the essay overall?
(a) It cannot be understood.
(b) It cannot prevail.
(c) It shall remain a mystery.
(d) It remains unsaid.

4. What does Emerson say a great soul may as well concern himself with as with consistency?
(a) His own hobbies and interests.
(b) His shadow on the wall.
(c) His own sense of self.
(d) His idea of divinity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say is most important about verses like the ones he mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph?

2. What does Emerson say the world will do to you for nonconformity?

3. What does Emerson say a man speaking his opinions would do to other men?

4. Which words does Emerson want to have "gazetted and ridiculous henceforward"?

5. Why does Emerson say a character is "like an acrostic"?

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