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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 mean when he writes: "...yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color"?
(a) You will find that God has an actual form.
(b) You should give up your life for those that give form to God.
(c) Encourage the artists that paint the likeness of God.
(d) God will take on form even if you never believed in a deity.

2. Why does Emerson say that it is difficult to live his rule?
(a) Because you will always find people who know your duty better than you.
(b) Because you will always have to worry about what other people think
(c) Because you will never find friends.
(d) Because you will always find people who know your character better than you.

3. What does Emerson say is a conspiracy against manhood?
(a) The world.
(b) Joint-stock companies.
(c) Nature.
(d) Society.

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

5. What does Emerson say causes a man to come to the conviction that "...envy is ignorance"?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Education.
(c) Age.
(d) Upbringing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson insist a man must be in order to really be a man?

2. "...the man in the street, finding no worth in himself..." feels poor when he looks on what?

3. What does Emerson call "...pretty oracles nature yields us..." when talking about examples of trusting oneself?

4. What does Emerson call "primary wisdom"?

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

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