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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Emerson, what are heroes attended by?
(a) An undying light.
(b) A visible escort of angels.
(c) Their victories.
(d) The worship of others.

3. Why does Emerson say we distrust our sentiment?
(a) We are unsure of what others will think.
(b) We are unsure of ourselves.
(c) We understand the opposition.
(d) We understand the work required.

4. What does conformity explain?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Itself.
(c) One's fear.
(d) Everything.

5. What "...may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted..."?
(a) The character that makes an impression on us.
(b) Our own preestablished harmony.
(c) The power that resides in us.
(d) The divine idea each of us represents.

6. What does Emerson say a man will find himself if he exercises his reason?
(a) A welcoming home.
(b) A respectful community.
(c) A true prince.
(d) A true princess.

7. What reason does Emerson give for good deeds?
(a) Some men do good deeds when they are of decent character.
(b) Some men do good deeds as a spectacle for others.
(c) Some men do good deeds to quiet their conscience.
(d) Some men do good deeds because it is their intrinsic duty.

8. What does Emerson say is most important about verses like the ones he mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph?
(a) The sentiment they instill.
(b) The thoughts they contain.
(c) The writer's character.
(d) The writer's true feelings.

9. What does Emerson say tendency does to variety of actions?
(a) Tendency steers the course of a variety of actions.
(b) Tendency unites all actions.
(c) Tendency kills the distinctness of variety.
(d) Tendency makes good any vice in a variety of actions.

10. What do others use to "compute our orbit"?
(a) Our past acts.
(b) Our countenance.
(c) Our self-trust.
(d) Our consistency.

11. Which story does Emerson tell to get his point across about self-perception?
(a) That of a duke who leaves his riches behind to become a poor man.
(b) That of a poor man taken to a duke's house and told he is the duke.
(c) That of a duke taken to a poor man's house and told he is a poor man.
(d) That of a poor man who trusts himself enough to become a duke.

12. What does Emerson say the muscles are moved by in his discussion of company?
(a) A most disagreeable sensation.
(b) A low usurping willfulness.
(c) The will of others.
(d) Our own will alone.

13. Which of the following did Emerson NOT say by name is misunderstood?
(a) Plato
(b) Luther
(c) Socrates
(d) Jesus

14. Where does Emerson say it is easy to live after the world's opinion?
(a) At home.
(b) In your community.
(c) Among friends.
(d) In the world.

15. What is Emerson referring to when he states: "It will be found symmetrical" in talking about consistency vs. contradiction?
(a) A man's character reflects the society he lives in.
(b) A good character is always the same on the outside as on the inside.
(c) Emerson's own thoughts reflect his life.
(d) Every man's character reflects his own life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say causes a man to come to the conviction that "...envy is ignorance"?

2. What does Emerson claim "statesmen and philosophers and divines" adore?

3. What are boys sure of in Emerson's example of how boys speak their mind?

4. What does Emerson claim most men have attached themselves to?

5. Who does Emerson say the youth speaks forcefully to?

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