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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 final sentence of "Self-Reliance," Emerson writes: "Nothing can bring you peace but" what?
(a) "Your own will."
(b) "Yourself."
(c) "The triumph of principles."
(d) "The triumph of your character."

2. Which of the following does Emerson NOT say "looks abroad" in talking about mimicking other countries?
(a) Our Art.
(b) Our Education.
(c) Our Passion.
(d) Our Religion.

3. What is Emerson referring to when he states: "It will be found symmetrical" in talking about consistency vs. contradiction?
(a) Every man's character reflects his own life.
(b) Emerson's own thoughts reflect his life.
(c) A good character is always the same on the outside as on the inside.
(d) A man's character reflects the society he lives in.

4. What does Emerson claim men believe about how they communicate their character?
(a) They believe their virtue and vice emit a breath every moment.
(b) They believe that communicating virtuous actions makes up for their vice.
(c) They believe they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions.
(d) They believe they can communicate their virtue without their vice.

5. What does Emerson say tendency does to variety of actions?
(a) Tendency unites all actions.
(b) Tendency steers the course of a variety of actions.
(c) Tendency makes good any vice in a variety of actions.
(d) Tendency kills the distinctness of variety.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say you can "present every moment"?

2. Which system does Emerson accuse of fostering restlessness?

3. What does Emerson say he does not need in talking about virtuous action?

4. How does Emerson say he knows it makes no difference whether he does or forbears "...those actions which are reckoned excellent"?

5. What does Emerson say members are trying to secure in his comparison to joint-stock companies?

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