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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. Emerson laments that strong intellects "dare not yet hear God himself, unless he speak the phraseology of..." whom?
(a) Luther, or Milton or Plato.
(b) Society at large.
(c) David, or Jeremiah or Paul.
(d) Lukas, or Daniel or Isaiah.

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

3. When does Emerson claim that the luster "will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen"?
(a) When men act with original views.
(b) When men begin to realize their own value.
(c) When men begin to trust in themselves.
(d) When men begin using their reason.

4. What is a hobgoblin?
(a) A superficial object.
(b) A misinterpretation.
(c) An imaginary creature.
(d) An apparent danger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what does Emerson say he is living his life for?

2. What reason does Emerson give for good deeds?

3. What does Emerson say about the occurrence of virtues?

4. What does Emerson say causes a man to come to the conviction that "...envy is ignorance"?

5. What does Emerson say one shouldn't travel in hope of?

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