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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 a man should learn to detect and watch?
(a) The actions of others.
(b) His true character.
(c) His own thoughts.
(d) His inner light.

2. What does Emerson say he can anticipate if he knows your sect?
(a) Your argument.
(b) Your beliefs.
(c) Your thoughts.
(d) Your heart.

3. Emerson explains in his essay exactly what it is that "scares us from self-trust." What is it?
(a) Our need to please others.
(b) Our fear of God.
(c) Our need to be the same as others.
(d) Our religious duty.

4. Which of the following figures does Emerson not mention as being an example of speaking one's mind?
(a) Milton.
(b) Moses.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

5. What does the soul perceive about Truth and Right in the state of having "life in yourself'?
(a) Their self-existence.
(b) Their coexistence with passion.
(c) Their calming effect.
(d) Their self-evidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Emerson say it is easy to live after the world's opinion?

2. What is Emerson referring to when he states: "It will be found symmetrical" in talking about consistency vs. contradiction?

3. What does Emerson claim men believe about how they communicate their character?

4. What does Emerson claim "statesmen and philosophers and divines" adore?

5. "Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdoms which..."?

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