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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 claim men believe about how they communicate their character?
(a) They believe their virtue and vice emit a breath every moment.
(b) They believe they can communicate their virtue without their vice.
(c) They believe that communicating virtuous actions makes up for their vice.
(d) They believe they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions.

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

3. Why does Emerson say a character is "like an acrostic"?
(a) Human character is ever-changing.
(b) Human character is puzzling.
(c) No matter how you read it, it always spells the same thing.
(d) Trying to understand one's character can be fun.

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

5. Which of the following figures does Emerson not mention as being an example of speaking one's mind?
(a) Milton.
(b) Plato.
(c) Moses.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are boys sure of in Emerson's example of how boys speak their mind?

2. What does Emerson claim will happen when you do your work?

3. What does Emerson say the world will do to you for nonconformity?

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

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

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