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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who or what does Emerson say he is living his life for?
(a) Himself.
(b) Itself.
(c) The higher good of society.
(d) God.

3. How does Emerson say he knows it makes no difference whether he does or forbears "...those actions which are reckoned excellent"?
(a) God told him.
(b) His experience told him.
(c) He knows for himself.
(d) Society at large gave him the answer.

4. What does Emerson say man is jailed by?
(a) The youth.
(b) Other people.
(c) His consciousness.
(d) His interests.

5. What is Emerson referring to when he writes: "...seated at their heart, working through their hands..." in his description of those living according to his recommendations?
(a) That which is right.
(b) God.
(c) The absolute trustworthy.
(d) The best of intentions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say a man speaking his opinions would do to other men?

2. What does "Ne te quaesiveris extra" mean?

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

4. To which "iron string" does Emerson say every heart vibrates?

5. How does Emerson say adults feel in looking into the faces of children?

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