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

2. How does Emerson say a man feels when he has done his best?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Restless.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Delivered.

3. Who wrote the verses that Emerson mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph?
(a) An unknown sculptor.
(b) An unknown painter.
(c) A well-known author.
(d) An well-known painter.

4. What does Emerson say is a conspiracy against manhood?
(a) Nature.
(b) Joint-stock companies.
(c) Society.
(d) The world.

5. On what does Emerson say we will be advancing if we live as "guides, redeemers and benefactors"?
(a) Evil and Chaos.
(b) Chaos and the Dark.
(c) Evil and the Dark.
(d) Chaos and the Devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emerson say he wants his life to be?

2. What does Emerson say boys don't worry about?

3. What does Emerson give as his reason for insisting that we "...must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny..."?

4. Why does Emerson say about children's minds?

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

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