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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 the muscles are moved by in his discussion of company?
(a) A low usurping willfulness.
(b) The will of others.
(c) Our own will alone.
(d) A most disagreeable sensation.

2. What does Emerson say Joseph does with his coat?
(a) Leaves it "under the cloak of night."
(b) Leaves it "among the darkest enemy."
(c) Leaves it "in the hand of the harlot."
(d) Leaves it behind "like an empty husk."

3. What does Emerson not recommend dragging about in his discussion of past acts?
(a) The burden of the public.
(b) The corpse of your memory.
(c) The carcass of your consistency.
(d) The deadweight of contradiction.

4. What does Emerson say "...is all that concerns..." him?
(a) My own thought.
(b) My own charities.
(c) What I believe.
(d) What I must do.

5. What does Emerson say members are required to surrender in his comparison to joint-stock companies?
(a) Culture and education.
(b) Nature and freedom.
(c) Liberty and culture.
(d) Liberty and freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Emerson explains in his essay exactly what it is that "scares us from self-trust." What is it?

2. How does Emerson say he wants his life to be?

3. What does Emerson say a man will find himself if he exercises his reason?

4. Where does Emerson say it is easy to live after the world's opinion?

5. What is it that we put on in company according to Emerson?

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