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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 claim will happen when you do your work?
(a) You shall become refined in character.
(b) You shall reap what you sow.
(c) You shall gain strength against your opposition.
(d) You shall reinforce yourself.

2. What does God communicate when he speaks, according to Emerson?
(a) The truth.
(b) His will.
(c) Pure light.
(d) All things.

3. What is a hieroglyphic as referred to in talking about virtue paid to kings, nobles and great proprietors?
(a) A puzzle.
(b) A monument.
(c) An Egyptian pictogram.
(d) A symbol.

4. Who or what does Emerson say he is living his life for?
(a) Itself.
(b) The higher good of society.
(c) Himself.
(d) God.

5. What does Emerson say conspires against "the sanity and authority of the soul"?
(a) Our mind.
(b) Religion.
(c) Worship.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say members are trying to secure in his comparison to joint-stock companies?

2. What is a hobgoblin?

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

4. Which of the following did Emerson NOT say by name is misunderstood?

5. What "plays us false" in history?

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