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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 9-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emerson say it is easy to live after your own opinion?
(a) When your contemporaries agree with you.
(b) In solitude.
(c) In your community.
(d) Among friends.

2. What does Emerson say he can anticipate if he knows your sect?
(a) Your argument.
(b) Your beliefs.
(c) Your thoughts.
(d) Your heart.

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

4. Which words does Emerson want to have "gazetted and ridiculous henceforward"?
(a) Conformity and consistency.
(b) Mediocrity and contentment.
(c) Memory and reality.
(d) Society and philanthropy.

5. What is "Himmaleh"?
(a) A place like heaven.
(b) The Himalayan mountain range.
(c) A great ship.
(d) An imaginary creature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides children, who does Emerson say God has armed with "piquancy and charm"?

2. Which story does Emerson tell to get his point across about self-perception?

3. What does Emerson suggest one should accept in regards to divine providence?

4. What does Emerson say will happen if one does not put his heart into his work?

5. What does Emerson say no man can violate?

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