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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 wish adults could return to?
(a) Their neutrality.
(b) Their true state.
(c) Their youth.
(d) Their carelessness.

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

3. What does Emerson say will happen if one does not put his heart into his work?
(a) His family will desert him.
(b) God will desert him.
(c) His friends will desert him.
(d) His genius will desert him.

4. Besides children, who does Emerson say God has armed with "piquancy and charm"?
(a) Invalids.
(b) Women.
(c) Infants.
(d) The youth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emerson claim is the only thing that is sacred?

3. What does Emerson say about the occurrence of virtues?

4. What does Emerson say happens to the "voices which we hear in solitude" as we enter into the world?

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

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