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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following movements did Emerson NOT mention in his listing of "institutions"?
(a) The Mongolian Empire.
(b) The Reformation.
(c) Monachism.
(d) Abolition.

2. 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"?
(a) God will take on form even if you never believed in a deity.
(b) You should give up your life for those that give form to God.
(c) You will find that God has an actual form.
(d) Encourage the artists that paint the likeness of God.

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

4. On what does Emerson say we will be advancing if we live as "guides, redeemers and benefactors"?
(a) Evil and the Dark.
(b) Chaos and the Devil.
(c) Chaos and the Dark.
(d) Evil and Chaos.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are "sallies" of will?

3. What does conformity explain?

4. What does Emerson suggest about philanthropy?

5. Why does Emerson say about children's minds?

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