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

2. What does Emerson say members are trying to secure in his comparison to joint-stock companies?
(a) Their profits.
(b) Their bread.
(c) Their jobs.
(d) Their reputations.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say he does not need in talking about virtuous action?

2. How does Emerson say he wants his life to be?

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

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?

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

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