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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 says boys try and sentence people and facts based on what?
(a) Their own mind.
(b) Their characters.
(c) Their merits.
(d) Their intuition.

2. What is an institution the lengthened shadow of?
(a) A great character.
(b) All great men.
(c) A series of geniuses.
(d) One man.

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

4. "The voyage of the best ship is..."
(a) A steady flowing path.
(b) A journey to a faraway land.
(c) A course of a hundred decisions.
(d) A zigzag line.

5. What are "sallies" of will?
(a) Role models.
(b) Motivating factors.
(c) Demonstrations.
(d) Ventures outside of the norm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Emerson say adults feel in looking into the faces of children?

3. What does Emerson say a man should learn to detect and watch?

4. To which "iron string" does Emerson say every heart vibrates?

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

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