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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the world been taught by "this colossal symbol," the world's instructors?
(a) The respect due from man to man.
(b) The value of virtue.
(c) The value of loyalty.
(d) The respect due to the nation's great minds.

2. What does Emerson say you can "present every moment"?
(a) Your will.
(b) Your art.
(c) Yourself.
(d) Your own gift.

3. When does Emerson claim power ceases?
(a) When life has ceased.
(b) As soon as one rests.
(c) As soon as one gives power to others.
(d) When we fail to use it.

4. "Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdoms which..."?
(a) "...cannot help others."
(b) "...cannot speak the truth."
(c) "...cannot help itself."
(d) "...cannot display power."

5. What is the attribute of the Supreme Cause according to Emerson?
(a) Absolute truth.
(b) Self-reliance.
(c) Absolute justice.
(d) Self-existence.

6. What do our first journeys reveal?
(a) The indifference of places.
(b) The wonders of the world.
(c) The ruins of ruins.
(d) A fool's paradise.

7. What does Emerson say are "another sort of false prayer"?
(a) Disunity.
(b) Our regrets.
(c) Our creeds.
(d) Imitation.

8. How does Emerson say a cultivated man feels about his property?
(a) Satisfied.
(b) Proud.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Respectful.

9. 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) A man's own personal interest.
(d) The will and wanting of others.

10. Emerson states, "The way, the thought, the good, shall be wholly strange and new." What does he mean?
(a) That state is unlike anything we've ever experienced.
(b) Each person experiences that state for himself or herself alone.
(c) When we reach that state, we will finally understand what others meant in describing it.
(d) That state can be disconcerting in the beginning.

11. What does the soul perceive about Truth and Right in the state of having "life in yourself'?
(a) Their self-evidence.
(b) Their self-existence.
(c) Their calming effect.
(d) Their coexistence with passion.

12. What does Emerson say will explain "the magnetism which all original action exerts"?
(a) The right of every man.
(b) The reason of self-trust.
(c) The force of character.
(d) The power of will.

13. Emerson says we should do what instead of sitting down to "cry for company" with others?
(a) Impart to them will and self-sufficiency in course precision of reality.
(b) Impart to them friendship and companionship in uncomplicated sympathy.
(c) Impart to them strength and good will in simple sweetness.
(d) Impart to them truth and health in rough electric shocks.

14. What do Alfred, Scanderbeg and Gustavus have in common?
(a) They all lead their people to great riches.
(b) They all are dukes.
(c) They all protect their kingdoms against powerful enemies.
(d) They all are kings.

15. No one but whom can teach us "that which (we) can do best"?
(a) Our Inner Voice.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) Our maker.
(d) Our Divine Spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that man no longer dares to say, according to Emerson?

2. What is the definition of "docility" as used by Emerson ("our docility to our own law")?

3. What is a man worth that "tries all the professions"?

4. Which of the following does Emerson NOT say "looks abroad" in talking about mimicking other countries?

5. What does Emerson say one shouldn't travel in hope of?

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