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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 not recommend dragging about in his discussion of past acts?
(a) The corpse of your memory.
(b) The burden of the public.
(c) The carcass of your consistency.
(d) The deadweight of contradiction.

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

3. Emerson claims that a man or company of men can overpower "all cities, nations, kings, rich men, poets" when he or they posses which characteristic?
(a) Being of great virtue.
(b) Being fully honest.
(c) Being entirely self-reliant.
(d) Being open to principles.

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

5. Which faith does Emerson NOT mention as an example of "creeds and churches"?
(a) Lutheranism.
(b) Calvinism.
(c) Swedenborgism.
(d) Quakerism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say one should ask the "invaders" to do since "God is here within"?

2. What does Emerson mean in saying that there "will be power not confident but agent" when the soul is present?

3. Which of the following movements did Emerson NOT mention in his listing of "institutions"?

4. What is the definition of "docility" as used by Emerson ("our docility to our own law")?

5. What does Emerson recommend we do in our relationships with our family?

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