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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Emerson says boys try and sentence people and facts based on what?
(a) Their intuition.
(b) Their characters.
(c) Their own mind.
(d) Their merits.

2. What does Emerson say members are trying to secure in his comparison to joint-stock companies?
(a) Their bread.
(b) Their jobs.
(c) Their reputations.
(d) Their profits.

3. 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 source of one's conviction.
(c) The precise man one is.
(d) The precise tone of one's character.

4. What does Emerson say is a conspiracy against manhood?
(a) Joint-stock companies.
(b) The world.
(c) Society.
(d) Nature.

5. Who does Emerson make an example of when talking about living according to his recommendations?
(a) True geniuses.
(b) Great artists.
(c) Great men.
(d) Minors and invalids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say a great soul may as well concern himself with as with consistency?

2. What does Emerson say about the occurrence of virtues?

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

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

5. How does Emerson say it is easy to live after your own opinion?

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