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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 claim most men have attached themselves to?
(a) One community of opinion.
(b) Their own opinions.
(c) The opinion of a woman.
(d) The opinions of their contemporaries.

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

3. What claim does Emerson make about the force of character?
(a) It is unbreakable.
(b) It is cumulative.
(c) It is the only genuine path.
(d) It is what differentiates great men from all others.

4. What does Emerson not recommend dragging about in his discussion of past acts?
(a) The corpse of your memory.
(b) The deadweight of contradiction.
(c) The burden of the public.
(d) The carcass of your consistency.

5. What does Emerson say conspires against "the sanity and authority of the soul"?
(a) Time.
(b) Worship.
(c) Religion.
(d) Our mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will we gladly do when we have "new perception"?

2. What does Emerson say a man must know how to estimate in talking about society and nonconformity?

3. How does Emerson say a man can recognize what he is capable of?

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

5. What does Emerson call "...pretty oracles nature yields us..." when talking about examples of trusting oneself?

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