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

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

3. What does Emerson think about being misunderstood?
(a) It's inevitable.
(b) It's a compliment.
(c) It's the greatest risk in a great man's life.
(d) It's not as bad as people say.

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

5. What does Emerson say conformity does in his objection to it?
(a) It drains one's will.
(b) It blurs one's judgment.
(c) It weakens one's contribution.
(d) It scatters one's force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say he does not need in talking about virtuous action?

2. How does Emerson say it is easy to live after your own opinion?

3. What does Emerson say the world will do to you for nonconformity?

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

5. Who does Emerson say the youth speaks forcefully to?

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