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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 is "Himmaleh"?
(a) A great ship.
(b) An imaginary creature.
(c) The Himalayan mountain range.
(d) A place like heaven.

2. What does Emerson suggest about philanthropy?
(a) It is our right to be philanthropic.
(b) Philanthropy is our obligation to poor men.
(c) Philanthropy is the highest good.
(d) Philanthropy can be malice and vanity in disguise.

3. Besides children, who does Emerson say God has armed with "piquancy and charm"?
(a) Women.
(b) Infants.
(c) The youth.
(d) Invalids.

4. What reason does Emerson give for good deeds?
(a) Some men do good deeds because it is their intrinsic duty.
(b) Some men do good deeds as a spectacle for others.
(c) Some men do good deeds to quiet their conscience.
(d) Some men do good deeds when they are of decent character.

5. What does conformity explain?
(a) One's fear.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Everything.
(d) Itself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What claim does Emerson make about the force of character?

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

3. What does Emerson say "...is all that concerns..." him?

4. What does Emerson say happens to the "voices which we hear in solitude" as we enter into the world?

5. How does Emerson say he knows it makes no difference whether he does or forbears "...those actions which are reckoned excellent"?

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