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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. In writing about strength, to whom does Emerson compare the American?
(a) The Ecuadorian.
(b) The Algerian.
(c) The Viking.
(d) The New Zealander.

2. No one but whom can teach us "that which (we) can do best"?
(a) Our Divine Spirit.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) Our Inner Voice.
(d) Our maker.

3. Emerson compares society to what in saying "(it) moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not"?
(a) A wave.
(b) A river.
(c) An ocean.
(d) A stream.

4. What does Emerson suggest one should accept in regards to divine providence?
(a) The place divine providence has found for them.
(b) The ideas divine providence has instilled in them.
(c) The work divine providence has allotted them.
(d) The feelings divine providence has instilled in them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say we can know about justice?

2. Who does Emerson say the youth speaks forcefully to?

3. What does Emerson say a man must know how to estimate in talking about society and nonconformity?

4. What claim does Emerson make about the force of character?

5. How does Emerson measure the degree to which a thing is real?

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