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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. In the state of having "life in yourself" that Emerson describes, what does he claim is of no account?
(a) The will and wanting of others.
(b) Vast spaces of nature and long intervals of time.
(c) This world's many riches.
(d) A man's own personal interest.

2. What does Emerson say is the lesson great works of art teach us?
(a) Obey your spontaneous impression.
(b) Art is a matter of personal taste.
(c) Truly great works of art inspire everyone.
(d) There are few true geniuses in the world.

3. Emerson claims that there are "two confessionals, in one or the other of which we must be shriven." What are the confessionals he is referring to?
(a) God and others.
(b) Others and the self.
(c) God and the self.
(d) God and the Church.

4. What is it that man no longer dares to say, according to Emerson?
(a) "I can" and "I believe."
(b) "I won't" and "I disagree."
(c) "I want" and "I will."
(d) "I think" and "I am."

5. What do young men do if they fail in their first enterprises?
(a) Turn to God.
(b) Turn to society for help.
(c) Doubt themselves.
(d) Lose all heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are "sallies" of will?

2. What does Emerson say are "but physiological colors which the eye makes"?

3. "The voyage of the best ship is..."

4. What "...may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted..."?

5. Why does Emerson say we distrust our sentiment?

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