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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Emerson say the youth speaks forcefully to?
(a) Their contemporaries.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Seniors.

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

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

4. What is Emerson referring to when he writes: "...seated at their heart, working through their hands..." in his description of those living according to his recommendations?
(a) The best of intentions.
(b) The absolute trustworthy.
(c) That which is right.
(d) God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Emerson make an example of when talking about living according to his recommendations?

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

3. What is it that we put on in company according to Emerson?

4. What does Emerson say a man speaking his opinions would do to other men?

5. What does Emerson claim "statesmen and philosophers and divines" adore?

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