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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 "...may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted..."?
(a) The character that makes an impression on us.
(b) The divine idea each of us represents.
(c) The power that resides in us.
(d) Our own preestablished harmony.

2. What does Emerson wish adults could return to?
(a) Their youth.
(b) Their true state.
(c) Their carelessness.
(d) Their neutrality.

3. Which story does Emerson tell to get his point across about self-perception?
(a) That of a poor man who trusts himself enough to become a duke.
(b) That of a poor man taken to a duke's house and told he is the duke.
(c) That of a duke taken to a poor man's house and told he is a poor man.
(d) That of a duke who leaves his riches behind to become a poor man.

4. Which words does Emerson want to have "gazetted and ridiculous henceforward"?
(a) Memory and reality.
(b) Mediocrity and contentment.
(c) Society and philanthropy.
(d) Conformity and consistency.

5. What does Emerson suggest is required to withstand the "rage of the cultivated classes" and the "indignation of the people"?
(a) The habit of magnanimity.
(b) A sad countenance.
(c) Decorous and prudent rage.
(d) An unintelligent brute.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emerson mean by the word "meanness" when he writes: "This rule ... may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness"?

3. What does genuine action explain?

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

5. What does Emerson say he can anticipate if he knows your sect?

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