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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. What does Emerson say man is jailed by?
(a) The youth.
(b) His consciousness.
(c) Other people.
(d) His interests.

2. What does Emerson say conformity does in his objection to it?
(a) It drains one's will.
(b) It blurs one's judgment.
(c) It weakens one's contribution.
(d) It scatters one's force.

3. What does genuine action explain?
(a) Itself.
(b) Everything.
(c) One's character.
(d) Nothing.

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

5. On what does Emerson say we will be advancing if we live as "guides, redeemers and benefactors"?
(a) Evil and Chaos.
(b) Chaos and the Dark.
(c) Evil and the Dark.
(d) Chaos and the Devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson call "primary wisdom"?

2. What does Emerson say he will do if he is the Devil's child?

3. Emerson says boys try and sentence people and facts based on what?

4. What is a man worth that "tries all the professions"?

5. What does Emerson say a man will find himself if he exercises his reason?

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