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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides children, who does Emerson say God has armed with "piquancy and charm"?
(a) The youth.
(b) Women.
(c) Invalids.
(d) Infants.

2. What does Emerson say is a conspiracy against manhood?
(a) The world.
(b) Nature.
(c) Joint-stock companies.
(d) Society.

3. Who does Emerson say the youth speaks forcefully to?
(a) Seniors.
(b) Their contemporaries.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

4. What rule of wisdom does Emerson seem to find in his discussion of society's views of past acts?
(a) Always rely on the memory of others.
(b) Never rely on the memories of others.
(c) Always rely on your memory alone.
(d) Never rely on your memory alone.

5. What does Emerson say is the lesson great works of art teach us?
(a) Obey your spontaneous impression.
(b) Truly great works of art inspire everyone.
(c) There are few true geniuses in the world.
(d) Art is a matter of personal taste.

6. How does Emerson say adults feel in looking into the faces of children?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Disconcerted.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Conquered.

7. Who does Emerson make an example of when talking about living according to his recommendations?
(a) Minors and invalids.
(b) True geniuses.
(c) Great men.
(d) Great artists.

8. What does Emerson say causes a man to come to the conviction that "...envy is ignorance"?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Education.
(c) Age.
(d) Upbringing.

9. "...the man in the street, finding no worth in himself..." feels poor when he looks on what?
(a) The possessions of others.
(b) Towers and sculptured marble gods.
(c) Books containing the writings of geniuses.
(d) The palaces of the rich.

10. What does Emerson say he will do if he is the Devil's child?
(a) He will find the doctrines of the church.
(b) He will live from the Devil.
(c) He will try to find God.
(d) He will live wholly.

11. What does Emerson say he has difficulty detecting when people "maintain a dead church"?
(a) The precise man one is.
(b) The precise source of one's conviction.
(c) The precise tone of one's character.
(d) The precise nature of one's beliefs.

12. What does Emerson call "...pretty oracles nature yields us..." when talking about examples of trusting oneself?
(a) The actions of children.
(b) The hearts of children.
(c) The character of children.
(d) The face and behavior of children.

13. What does Emerson say a man must know how to estimate in talking about society and nonconformity?
(a) The will of others.
(b) Nonconformists.
(c) Whether others disagree.
(d) A sour face.

14. What does genuine action explain?
(a) One's character.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Itself.
(d) Everything.

15. What does Emerson say he can anticipate if he knows your sect?
(a) Your heart.
(b) Your beliefs.
(c) Your thoughts.
(d) Your argument.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say tendency does to variety of actions?

2. What does Emerson say he does not need in talking about virtuous action?

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

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

5. What word does Emerson use to describe people who live their own opinion "in the midst of the crowd"?

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