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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emerson say he does not need in talking about virtuous action?
(a) Consent to do good.
(b) Courage and charity.
(c) The assurance of philanthropists.
(d) The assurance of his fellows.

2. What does Emerson say he will do if he is the Devil's child?
(a) He will try to find God.
(b) He will live from the Devil.
(c) He will live wholly.
(d) He will find the doctrines of the church.

3. Which of the following figures does Emerson not mention as being an example of speaking one's mind?
(a) Milton.
(b) Plato.
(c) Moses.
(d) Socrates.

4. Why does Emerson say about children's minds?
(a) Their minds are untrustworthy.
(b) Their minds are uninfluenced.
(c) Their minds are whole.
(d) Their minds are undeveloped.

5. How does Emerson say a man can recognize what he is capable of?
(a) He cannot know until he's tried.
(b) His inner power becomes clear.
(c) His inner voice tells him.
(d) Nature tells him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the verses that Emerson mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph?

2. What does Emerson claim is the virtue "in most request"?

3. What "...may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted..."?

4. What does Emerson say is most important about verses like the ones he mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph?

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

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