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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emerson say he does not need in talking about virtuous action?
(a) The assurance of his fellows.
(b) Consent to do good.
(c) The assurance of philanthropists.
(d) Courage and charity.

2. What does Emerson give as his reason for insisting that we "...must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny..."?
(a) We are now men.
(b) We must live according to our conscience.
(c) We are old enough.
(d) Society demands this of us.

3. What does Emerson claim most men have attached themselves to?
(a) Their own opinions.
(b) The opinions of their contemporaries.
(c) One community of opinion.
(d) The opinion of a woman.

4. What does Emerson say no man can violate?
(a) The laws of God.
(b) His nature.
(c) The laws of nature.
(d) The laws of society.

5. What does Emerson say members are trying to secure in his comparison to joint-stock companies?
(a) Their jobs.
(b) Their bread.
(c) Their profits.
(d) Their reputations.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does Emerson say we will be advancing if we live as "guides, redeemers and benefactors"?

2. How does Emerson say adults feel in looking into the faces of children?

3. What kind of expression does Emerson say that we begin to acquire with conformity?

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

5. What does Emerson say causes a man to come to the conviction that "...envy is ignorance"?

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