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Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Emerson suggest about philanthropy?
(a) Philanthropy is the highest good.
(b) Philanthropy can be malice and vanity in disguise.
(c) It is our right to be philanthropic.
(d) Philanthropy is our obligation to poor men.

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

4. 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) God.
(b) That which is right.
(c) The best of intentions.
(d) The absolute trustworthy.

5. Emerson says boys try and sentence people and facts based on what?
(a) Their merits.
(b) Their characters.
(c) Their intuition.
(d) Their own mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson insist a man must be in order to really be a man?

2. What does Emerson say causes a man to come to the conviction that "...envy is ignorance"?

3. Which of the following figures does Emerson not mention as being an example of speaking one's mind?

4. What does Emerson call "...pretty oracles nature yields us..." when talking about examples of trusting oneself?

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

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