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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 does Emerson say a man will find himself if he exercises his reason?
(a) A respectful community.
(b) A true prince.
(c) A true princess.
(d) A welcoming home.

2. What does Emerson suggest is required to withstand the "rage of the cultivated classes" and the "indignation of the people"?
(a) The habit of magnanimity.
(b) An unintelligent brute.
(c) A sad countenance.
(d) Decorous and prudent rage.

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

4. Which story does Emerson tell to get his point across about self-perception?
(a) That of a duke taken to a poor man's house and told he is a poor man.
(b) That of a poor man taken to a duke's house and told he is the duke.
(c) That of a poor man who trusts himself enough to become a duke.
(d) That of a duke who leaves his riches behind to become a poor man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a hobgoblin?

2. What "...may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted..."?

3. How does Emerson say a man can recognize what he is capable of?

4. Which of the following did Emerson NOT say by name is misunderstood?

5. What does Emerson call "...pretty oracles nature yields us..." when talking about examples of trusting oneself?

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