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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Emerson say about children's minds?
(a) Their minds are untrustworthy.
(b) Their minds are uninfluenced.
(c) Their minds are whole.
(d) Their minds are undeveloped.

2. What does Emerson say a man speaking his opinions would do to other men?
(a) Force them to see the truth.
(b) Put them in fear.
(c) Force them to listen.
(d) Force them to tell the truth.

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

4. What does Emerson say a man must know how to estimate in talking about society and nonconformity?
(a) The will of others.
(b) Nonconformists.
(c) A sour face.
(d) Whether others disagree.

5. What does Emerson say is most important about verses like the ones he mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph?
(a) The thoughts they contain.
(b) The writer's character.
(c) The sentiment they instill.
(d) The writer's true feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say no man can violate?

2. What does Emerson insist a man must be in order to really be a man?

3. What kind of expression does Emerson say that we begin to acquire with conformity?

4. What is Emerson referring to when he states: "It will be found symmetrical" in talking about consistency vs. contradiction?

5. What does Emerson say conformity does in his objection to it?

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