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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 9-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Emerson says boys try and sentence people and facts based on what?
(a) Their merits.
(b) Their intuition.
(c) Their characters.
(d) Their own mind.

2. What is an institution the lengthened shadow of?
(a) All great men.
(b) One man.
(c) A series of geniuses.
(d) A great character.

3. Which effort does Emerson insist we obey?
(a) The Godly effort.
(b) The Almighty effort.
(c) The Higher effort.
(d) The Divine effort.

4. What "...may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted..."?
(a) The divine idea each of us represents.
(b) Our own preestablished harmony.
(c) The character that makes an impression on us.
(d) The power that resides in us.

5. What kind of expression does Emerson say that we begin to acquire with conformity?
(a) The gentlest rational expression.
(b) The gentlest weak-minded expression.
(c) The gentlest asinine expression.
(d) The gentlest perceptive expression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say "...is all that concerns..." him?

2. Who does Emerson say babies conform to?

3. What does Emerson say is the lesson great works of art teach us?

4. What does Emerson claim is the only thing that is sacred?

5. Besides children, who does Emerson say God has armed with "piquancy and charm"?

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