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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following figures does Emerson not mention as being an example of speaking one's mind?
(a) Moses.
(b) Plato.
(c) Milton.
(d) Socrates.

2. How does Emerson say a man feels when he has done his best?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Delivered.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Restless.

3. Who or what does Emerson say he is living his life for?
(a) God.
(b) Itself.
(c) Himself.
(d) The higher good of society.

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

5. What does Emerson say causes a man to come to the conviction that "...envy is ignorance"?
(a) Age.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Education.
(d) Upbringing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say is a conspiracy against manhood?

2. How does Emerson say a man feels when he has said or done something not according to his own will?

3. How does Emerson say he knows it makes no difference whether he does or forbears "...those actions which are reckoned excellent"?

4. What does Emerson say will happen if one does not put his heart into his work?

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

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