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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. How does Emerson describe the relationship between the soul and the "divine spirit"?
(a) Harmonious.
(b) Loving.
(c) Pure.
(d) Strained.

2. What does Emerson mean in saying that there "will be power not confident but agent" when the soul is present?
(a) Our power lives.
(b) We do not confide our power to others.
(c) Our power is not prideful.
(d) We do not hope for power, we have power.

3. Which effort does Emerson insist we obey?
(a) The Divine effort.
(b) The Godly effort.
(c) The Higher effort.
(d) The Almighty effort.

4. What does Emerson suggest is required to withstand the "rage of the cultivated classes" and the "indignation of the people"?
(a) The habit of magnanimity.
(b) An unintelligent brute.
(c) A sad countenance.
(d) Decorous and prudent rage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emerson measure the degree to which a thing is real?

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

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

4. Whom does Emerson say we should awaken when entering "into the state of war"?

5. Which of the following does Emerson NOT use as an example of self-sufficiency?

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