1. Who wrote the verses that Emerson mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph?
(a) An well-known painter.
(b) An unknown painter.
(c) A well-known author.
(d) An unknown sculptor.

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

3. What does Emerson say you can "present every moment"?
(a) Your will.
(b) Your art.
(c) Your own gift.
(d) Yourself.

4. What does Emerson say "...is all that concerns..." him?
(a) My own thought.
(b) What I must do.
(c) My own charities.
(d) What I believe.

5. What does Emerson mean in saying that there "will be power not confident but agent" when the soul is present?
(a) Our power is not prideful.
(b) Our power lives.
(c) We do not confide our power to others.
(d) We do not hope for power, we have power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Emerson NOT list in the aspects of life in which "It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution"?

2. Which emotions does Emerson say are beneath the state of having "life in yourself"?

3. What does Emerson suggest about philanthropy?

4. What does Emerson say the man who is "really of their class" will be the founder of?

5. Which of the following figures does Emerson not mention as being an example of speaking one's mind?

(see the answer key)

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