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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraph 28-End of Essay.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Emerson claim we give men the power to annoy us?
(a) Through our dependence.
(b) Through our curiosity.
(c) Through our weakness.
(d) Through our friendliness.

3. How does Emerson measure the degree to which a thing is real?
(a) By the degree of power it exhibits.
(b) By the degree of trust it has in the Supreme Cause.
(c) By the measure of life it contains within it.
(d) By the measure of virtue it contains.

4. Emerson explains in his essay exactly what it is that "scares us from self-trust." What is it?
(a) Our fear of God.
(b) Our need to be the same as others.
(c) Our need to please others.
(d) Our religious duty.

5. In which hours does Emerson say "We feel that duty is our place"?
(a) In honest hours.
(b) In self-reliant hours.
(c) In manly hours.
(d) In prudent hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say he will do if he is the Devil's child?

2. What does Emerson say members are trying to secure in his comparison to joint-stock companies?

3. How does Emerson say a cultivated man feels about his property?

4. What does Emerson say are "but physiological colors which the eye makes"?

5. Which of the following things does Emerson NOT name in explaining what man is "one with"?

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