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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Emerson describing when he states: "In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity: yet when the devout motions of the soul come ... they should clothe God with shape and color"?
(a) You must be wary of religious emotion.
(b) Your own ideas of God are unimportant.
(c) We can never truly know what God is like.
(d) It is acceptable to change one's mind.

2. What does Emerson say a man should learn to detect and watch?
(a) His inner light.
(b) The actions of others.
(c) His own thoughts.
(d) His true character.

3. How does Emerson say he knows it makes no difference whether he does or forbears "...those actions which are reckoned excellent"?
(a) He knows for himself.
(b) His experience told him.
(c) God told him.
(d) Society at large gave him the answer.

4. What does Emerson insist a man must be in order to really be a man?
(a) Fearless.
(b) Self-reliant.
(c) Nonconformist.
(d) Genuine.

5. How does Emerson say a man feels when he has done his best?
(a) Restless.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Delivered.
(d) Relieved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are boys sure of in Emerson's example of how boys speak their mind?

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

3. What does Emerson claim will happen when you do your work?

4. What is Emerson suggesting with his mention of Joseph and his coat?

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

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