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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 kind of expression does Emerson say that we begin to acquire with conformity?
(a) The gentlest asinine expression.
(b) The gentlest weak-minded expression.
(c) The gentlest perceptive expression.
(d) The gentlest rational expression.

2. What does Emerson insist men carry themselves in the presence of?
(a) Decent and well-spoken individuals.
(b) Societies and dead institutions.
(c) All opposition.
(d) God.

3. What are "sallies" of will?
(a) Motivating factors.
(b) Role models.
(c) Demonstrations.
(d) Ventures outside of the norm.

4. What does Emerson say boys don't worry about?
(a) Consequences.
(b) Their consciousness.
(c) Being genuine.
(d) What others think.

5. Which artist does Emerson say "will create a house in which all these will find themselves fitted"?
(a) The self-reliant artist.
(b) The American artist.
(c) Phidias.
(d) Dante.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson claim has happened to "the highest truth on this subject" in referencing the point of the essay overall?

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

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

4. What is it that man no longer dares to say, according to Emerson?

5. What does Emerson say is the lesson great works of art teach us?

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