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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Emerson say happens to the "voices which we hear in solitude" as we enter into the world?
(a) They become louder and more powerful.
(b) They are affected by others.
(c) They grow faint and inaudible.
(d) They become abstract.

3. What does Emerson claim is the only thing that is sacred?
(a) The integrity of one's own mind.
(b) The goodness of the world.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Names and customs.

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

5. Who does Emerson say babies conform to?
(a) Everybody.
(b) The world at large.
(c) Nobody.
(d) Their parents.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Emerson say we distrust our sentiment?

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