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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Emerson say babies conform to?
(a) The world at large.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Everybody.
(d) Nobody.

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

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

4. According to Emerson, what is the same to both "kingdom and lordship" and "John and Edward"?
(a) The force of power.
(b) The importance of character.
(c) The things of life.
(d) The value of a palace.

5. What does Emerson say we can know about justice?
(a) The soul that caused it.
(b) Its beauty.
(c) From whence it comes.
(d) Its presence and its absence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson wish adults could return to?

2. How does Emerson say it is easy to live after your own opinion?

3. What does Emerson mean when he writes: "...yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color"?

4. What does Emerson say he has difficulty detecting when people "maintain a dead church"?

5. What does Emerson suggest about philanthropy?

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