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

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

3. What does Emerson claim "statesmen and philosophers and divines" adore?
(a) Foolish misunderstanding.
(b) Foolish contradiction.
(c) Foolish consistency.
(d) Foolish magnanimity.

4. What does Emerson say he will do if he is the Devil's child?
(a) He will try to find God.
(b) He will find the doctrines of the church.
(c) He will live wholly.
(d) He will live from the Devil.

5. Who instructed the world, according to Emerson?
(a) The world's priests.
(b) The world's geniuses.
(c) The world's kings.
(d) The world's teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Alfred, Scanderbeg and Gustavus have in common?

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

3. Which of the following does Emerson NOT use as an example of self-sufficiency?

4. What reason does Emerson give for good deeds?

5. What does Emerson suggest is required to withstand the "rage of the cultivated classes" and the "indignation of the people"?

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