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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 sentiment they instill.
(b) The writer's character.
(c) The thoughts they contain.
(d) The writer's true feelings.

2. Which effort does Emerson insist we obey?
(a) The Higher effort.
(b) The Godly effort.
(c) The Almighty effort.
(d) The Divine effort.

3. What is a hobgoblin?
(a) An imaginary creature.
(b) A misinterpretation.
(c) A superficial object.
(d) An apparent danger.

4. What does Emerson say we can know about justice?
(a) The soul that caused it.
(b) Its beauty.
(c) From whence it comes.
(d) Its presence and its absence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At which point is a person willing to "let the words go"?

2. What does Emerson say a man must know how to estimate in talking about society and nonconformity?

3. Which of the following things does Emerson NOT name in explaining what man is "one with"?

4. How does Emerson say a man can recognize what he is capable of?

5. What does Emerson say conformity does in his objection to it?

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