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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 19-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What "plays us false" in history?
(a) Our ceremonies.
(b) Our imaginations.
(c) Our kings.
(d) Our memories.

3. What is the attribute of the Supreme Cause according to Emerson?
(a) Absolute justice.
(b) Self-reliance.
(c) Absolute truth.
(d) Self-existence.

4. Which of the following does Emerson NOT use as an example of self-sufficiency?
(a) A tree recovering from a storm.
(b) A rose blooming after a storm.
(c) A child growing up to be a man.
(d) The creation of a planet.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following examples does Emerson NOT name in conjunction with the attribute of the Supreme Cause?

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

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

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