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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Emerson claim that the luster "will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen"?
(a) When men act with original views.
(b) When men begin to realize their own value.
(c) When men begin using their reason.
(d) When men begin to trust in themselves.

2. What kind of prayer does Emerson call "vicious"?
(a) Disheartened prayer.
(b) Prayer that craves a particular commodity.
(c) Dishonest prayer.
(d) Prayer that appeals thoughtlessly to God.

3. What is it that man no longer dares to say, according to Emerson?
(a) "I think" and "I am."
(b) "I can" and "I believe."
(c) "I want" and "I will."
(d) "I won't" and "I disagree."

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

5. Emerson announces "The delegation from Essex! The Democrats from New Hampshire!" in an attempt to show that men feel strong under which circumstances?
(a) In numbers.
(b) In organizations.
(c) In politics.
(d) In offices.

6. What does Emerson claim we have become, in stating that man will see that we need his ethics?
(a) Passive snivelers.
(b) Hopeless whiners.
(c) Desponding whimperers.
(d) Dejected complainers.

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

8. Which artist does Emerson say "will create a house in which all these will find themselves fitted"?
(a) Phidias.
(b) The American artist.
(c) Dante.
(d) The self-reliant artist.

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

10. How does Emerson measure the degree to which a thing is real?
(a) By the measure of life it contains within it.
(b) By the degree of power it exhibits.
(c) By the degree of trust it has in the Supreme Cause.
(d) By the measure of virtue it contains.

11. What does Emerson say the civilized man no longer know thanks to the Greenwich nautical almanac he has?
(a) The cardinal directions.
(b) The countries of the world.
(c) The stars in the sky.
(d) The hours of the tides.

12. Which of the following does Emerson NOT say "looks abroad" in talking about mimicking other countries?
(a) Our Passion.
(b) Our Art.
(c) Our Education.
(d) Our Religion.

13. Whom does Emerson say we should awaken when entering "into the state of war"?
(a) Zeus and Hera.
(b) Camulus and Cocidius.
(c) Thor and Woden.
(d) Mars and Jupiter.

14. What is antinomianism ("The populace think that your rejection of popular standards is ... mere antinomianism")?
(a) Rejection of society.
(b) Rejection of manners.
(c) Nihilism.
(d) Spite.

15. Who instructed the world, according to Emerson?
(a) The world's kings.
(b) The world's teachers.
(c) The world's geniuses.
(d) The world's priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Emerson NOT use as an example of self-sufficiency?

2. What does Emerson call history a parable of?

3. What does Emerson claim must we do in order to see truly?

4. Emerson states that we are "like children" who do what?

5. Emerson says we should do what instead of sitting down to "cry for company" with others?

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