1. What does Emerson say he has difficulty detecting when people "maintain a dead church"?
(a) The precise nature of one's beliefs.
(b) The precise man one is.
(c) The precise tone of one's character.
(d) The precise source of one's conviction.

2. Which of the following did Emerson NOT say by name is misunderstood?
(a) Luther
(b) Jesus
(c) Socrates
(d) Plato

3. 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 are affected by others.
(d) They grow faint and inaudible.

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

5. What does Emerson say tendency does to variety of actions?
(a) Tendency steers the course of a variety of actions.
(b) Tendency makes good any vice in a variety of actions.
(c) Tendency kills the distinctness of variety.
(d) Tendency unites all actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson mean when he writes: "...yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color"?

2. What is a hobgoblin?

3. What does Emerson claim men believe about how they communicate their character?

4. What does Emerson say man is jailed by?

5. Which words does Emerson want to have "gazetted and ridiculous henceforward"?

(see the answer key)

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