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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 reason does Emerson give for good deeds?
(a) Some men do good deeds when they are of decent character.
(b) Some men do good deeds as a spectacle for others.
(c) Some men do good deeds to quiet their conscience.
(d) Some men do good deeds because it is their intrinsic duty.

2. Which virtue is paid to kings, nobles and great proprietors?
(a) Homage.
(b) Servitude.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Gratitude.

3. Besides children, who does Emerson say God has armed with "piquancy and charm"?
(a) The youth.
(b) Women.
(c) Invalids.
(d) Infants.

4. What does Emerson say a man should learn to detect and watch?
(a) His true character.
(b) His own thoughts.
(c) The actions of others.
(d) His inner light.

5. What does Emerson claim is the virtue "in most request"?
(a) Self-reliance.
(b) Conformity.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Formidability.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "The voyage of the best ship is..."

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

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

5. What does Emerson insist a man must be in order to really be a man?

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