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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. What does Emerson say the man who is "really of their class" will be the founder of?
(a) A sect.
(b) His family.
(c) His own nation.
(d) His own tradition.

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

3. What rule of wisdom does Emerson seem to find in his discussion of society's views of past acts?
(a) Always rely on the memory of others.
(b) Never rely on your memory alone.
(c) Never rely on the memories of others.
(d) Always rely on your memory alone.

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

5. What does Emerson say members are trying to secure in his comparison to joint-stock companies?
(a) Their profits.
(b) Their reputations.
(c) Their jobs.
(d) Their bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are boys sure of in Emerson's example of how boys speak their mind?

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

3. What does Emerson say it requires to "cast off the common motives of humanity"?

4. Emerson states that we are "like children" who do what?

5. In the state of having "life in yourself" that Emerson describes, what does he claim is of no account?

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