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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 which hours does Emerson say "We feel that duty is our place"?
(a) In prudent hours.
(b) In manly hours.
(c) In self-reliant hours.
(d) In honest hours.

2. Which of the following things does Emerson NOT name in explaining what man is "one with"?
(a) Space.
(b) The animals.
(c) Man.
(d) Light.

3. Emerson claims that a man or company of men can overpower "all cities, nations, kings, rich men, poets" when he or they posses which characteristic?
(a) Being of great virtue.
(b) Being open to principles.
(c) Being fully honest.
(d) Being entirely self-reliant.

4. Who does Emerson say has chosen "our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion"?
(a) Ourselves.
(b) God.
(c) Society.
(d) Our families.

5. What do young men do if they fail in their first enterprises?
(a) Lose all heart.
(b) Turn to society for help.
(c) Turn to God.
(d) Doubt themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Emerson say it is easy to live after the world's opinion?

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

3. What does Emerson claim is the only thing that is sacred?

4. What does Emerson mean by the word "meanness" when he writes: "This rule ... may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness"?

5. What do others use to "compute our orbit"?

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