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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 is "Himmaleh"?
(a) The Himalayan mountain range.
(b) A place like heaven.
(c) An imaginary creature.
(d) A great ship.

2. Where does Emerson say it is easy to live after the world's opinion?
(a) At home.
(b) In your community.
(c) Among friends.
(d) In the world.

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

4. What does Emerson suggest is required to withstand the "rage of the cultivated classes" and the "indignation of the people"?
(a) Decorous and prudent rage.
(b) The habit of magnanimity.
(c) A sad countenance.
(d) An unintelligent brute.

5. What does Emerson say "...is all that concerns..." him?
(a) My own charities.
(b) What I believe.
(c) What I must do.
(d) My own thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson claim must we do in order to see truly?

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

3. Which virtue is paid to kings, nobles and great proprietors?

4. What does Emerson say he has difficulty detecting when people "maintain a dead church"?

5. What does Emerson say man is jailed by?

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