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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The power that resides in us.
(c) The divine idea each of us represents.
(d) Our own preestablished harmony.

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

3. What does "Ne te quaesiveris extra" mean?
(a) Do not look outside yourself.
(b) Man is his own star.
(c) Every man should do extra work.
(d) Do not reach outside yourself.

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

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

6. What is a hobgoblin?
(a) A misinterpretation.
(b) A superficial object.
(c) An apparent danger.
(d) An imaginary creature.

7. What does Emerson mean by the word "meanness" when he writes: "This rule ... may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness"?
(a) Hatefulness.
(b) Spitefulness.
(c) Harshness.
(d) Plainness.

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

9. What does Emerson suggest is required to withstand the "rage of the cultivated classes" and the "indignation of the people"?
(a) Decorous and prudent rage.
(b) An unintelligent brute.
(c) A sad countenance.
(d) The habit of magnanimity.

10. What does Emerson wish adults could return to?
(a) Their neutrality.
(b) Their carelessness.
(c) Their true state.
(d) Their youth.

11. What does Emerson say boys don't worry about?
(a) What others think.
(b) Consequences.
(c) Their consciousness.
(d) Being genuine.

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

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

14. What kind of expression does Emerson say that we begin to acquire with conformity?
(a) The gentlest rational expression.
(b) The gentlest perceptive expression.
(c) The gentlest asinine expression.
(d) The gentlest weak-minded expression.

15. What is Emerson referring to when he writes: "...seated at their heart, working through their hands..." in his description of those living according to his recommendations?
(a) That which is right.
(b) God.
(c) The best of intentions.
(d) The absolute trustworthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson suggest one should accept in regards to divine providence?

2. What does Emerson say he can anticipate if he knows your sect?

3. Why does Emerson say we distrust our sentiment?

4. Who wrote the verses that Emerson mentions at the beginning of the first paragraph?

5. What is "Himmaleh"?

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