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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 louder and more powerful.
(b) They become abstract.
(c) They grow faint and inaudible.
(d) They are affected by others.

2. Why does Emerson say we distrust our sentiment?
(a) We understand the work required.
(b) We are unsure of ourselves.
(c) We understand the opposition.
(d) We are unsure of what others will think.

3. Why does Emerson say about children's minds?
(a) Their minds are untrustworthy.
(b) Their minds are whole.
(c) Their minds are undeveloped.
(d) Their minds are uninfluenced.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Emerson say a man feels when he has said or done something not according to his own will?

3. What does Emerson say a man should learn to detect and watch?

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

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