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

2. In the state of having "life in yourself" that Emerson describes, what does he claim is of no account?
(a) Vast spaces of nature and long intervals of time.
(b) This world's many riches.
(c) The will and wanting of others.
(d) A man's own personal interest.

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

4. How does Emerson say a man feels when he has said or done something not according to his own will?
(a) Worried.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Restless.
(d) Powerless.

5. To which "iron string" does Emerson say every heart vibrates?
(a) Live thy will.
(b) Represent thyself.
(c) Never give up.
(d) Trust thyself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emerson claim society never does?

3. What does Emerson say is most important about verses like the ones he mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph?

4. What does Emerson say the world will do to you for nonconformity?

5. What does Emerson call "...pretty oracles nature yields us..." when talking about examples of trusting oneself?

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