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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraph 28-End of Essay.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following examples does Emerson NOT name in conjunction with the attribute of the Supreme Cause?
(a) Eloquence.
(b) Whaling.
(c) Farming.
(d) Commerce.

2. What does Emerson say boys don't worry about?
(a) Their consciousness.
(b) Being genuine.
(c) Consequences.
(d) What others think.

3. Which virtue is paid to kings, nobles and great proprietors?
(a) Servitude.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Homage.
(d) Loyalty.

4. What is an institution the lengthened shadow of?
(a) A series of geniuses.
(b) All great men.
(c) One man.
(d) A great character.

5. How does Emerson say a man feels when he has done his best?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Delivered.
(c) Restless.
(d) Powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say the man who is "really of their class" will be the founder of?

2. What does Emerson say goes with him everywhere he goes?

3. Who wrote the verses that Emerson mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph?

4. "...the man in the street, finding no worth in himself..." feels poor when he looks on what?

5. To which "iron string" does Emerson say every heart vibrates?

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