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

2. What is it that we put on in company according to Emerson?
(a) A feigned laugh.
(b) A forced smile.
(c) Our best dress.
(d) A new set of opinions.

3. What does Emerson say man is jailed by?
(a) Other people.
(b) The youth.
(c) His consciousness.
(d) His interests.

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

5. What does Emerson say he does not need in talking about virtuous action?
(a) Consent to do good.
(b) The assurance of philanthropists.
(c) The assurance of his fellows.
(d) Courage and charity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson insist men carry themselves in the presence of?

2. "...the man in the street, finding no worth in himself..." feels poor when he looks on what?

3. What is an institution the lengthened shadow of?

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

5. What does Emerson say tendency does to variety of actions?

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