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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 say a man feels when he has done his best?
(a) Delivered.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Restless.
(d) Powerful.

2. Which of the following figures does Emerson not mention as being an example of speaking one's mind?
(a) Plato.
(b) Milton.
(c) Moses.
(d) Socrates.

3. What is a man worth that "tries all the professions"?
(a) Less than a minister.
(b) Less than a farmer.
(c) A hundred city dolls.
(d) A thousand college students.

4. Emerson compares society to what in saying "(it) moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not"?
(a) A wave.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A river.
(d) A stream.

5. What does Emerson insist men carry themselves in the presence of?
(a) All opposition.
(b) Societies and dead institutions.
(c) Decent and well-spoken individuals.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Emerson say that it is difficult to live his rule?

2. What does Emerson say are "another sort of false prayer"?

3. What do young men do if they fail in their first enterprises?

4. What does Emerson say a man speaking his opinions would do to other men?

5. How does Emerson claim we give men the power to annoy us?

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