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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Emerson say the youth speaks forcefully to?
(a) Women.
(b) Children.
(c) Their contemporaries.
(d) Seniors.

2. What does Emerson say is the lesson great works of art teach us?
(a) Obey your spontaneous impression.
(b) Art is a matter of personal taste.
(c) There are few true geniuses in the world.
(d) Truly great works of art inspire everyone.

3. What are boys sure of in Emerson's example of how boys speak their mind?
(a) Their dinner.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their friends.
(d) Their parents.

4. What reason does Emerson give for good deeds?
(a) Some men do good deeds as a spectacle for others.
(b) Some men do good deeds to quiet their conscience.
(c) Some men do good deeds because it is their intrinsic duty.
(d) Some men do good deeds when they are of decent character.

5. What does Emerson claim is the virtue "in most request"?
(a) Innocence.
(b) Formidability.
(c) Conformity.
(d) Self-reliance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say is a conspiracy against manhood?

2. Which effort does Emerson insist we obey?

3. What does Emerson suggest about philanthropy?

4. What does Emerson wish adults could return to?

5. On what does Emerson say we will be advancing if we live as "guides, redeemers and benefactors"?

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