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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emerson say conspires against "the sanity and authority of the soul"?
(a) Our mind.
(b) Worship.
(c) Time.
(d) Religion.

2. What is a hieroglyphic as referred to in talking about virtue paid to kings, nobles and great proprietors?
(a) A puzzle.
(b) A symbol.
(c) An Egyptian pictogram.
(d) A monument.

3. Emerson compares society to what in saying "(it) moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not"?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A wave.
(c) A river.
(d) A stream.

4. What "plays us false" in history?
(a) Our imaginations.
(b) Our kings.
(c) Our memories.
(d) Our ceremonies.

5. Emerson claims that a man or company of men can overpower "all cities, nations, kings, rich men, poets" when he or they posses which characteristic?
(a) Being fully honest.
(b) Being entirely self-reliant.
(c) Being of great virtue.
(d) Being open to principles.

6. How does Emerson describe the relationship between the soul and the "divine spirit"?
(a) Pure.
(b) Harmonious.
(c) Strained.
(d) Loving.

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

8. "The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost" what?
(a) The use of his feet.
(b) His will to travel.
(c) A road to go by.
(d) The use of his horses.

9. What does Emerson say one should ask the "invaders" to do since "God is here within"?
(a) Go for a walk.
(b) Stay away.
(c) Take off their shoes.
(d) Finally be calm.

10. What is the definition of "docility" as used by Emerson ("our docility to our own law")?
(a) Weakness.
(b) Strength.
(c) Submissiveness.
(d) Passivity.

11. Which faith does Emerson NOT mention as an example of "creeds and churches"?
(a) Lutheranism.
(b) Calvinism.
(c) Quakerism.
(d) Swedenborgism.

12. According to Emerson, Galileo did more with what than anyone since?
(a) A thermometer.
(b) A telescope.
(c) A map of the stars.
(d) An opera-glass.

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

14. Emerson mentions something personal to him that makes "no reference" to the past and simply exists with God today. What is it?
(a) His book.
(b) His roses.
(c) His house.
(d) His patron saint.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emerson say a cultivated man feels about his property?

2. What does Emerson recommend we do in our relationships with our family?

3. What is the attribute of the Supreme Cause according to Emerson?

4. Emerson explains what underlies the present and life and death. What is it?

5. Emerson states, "The way, the thought, the good, shall be wholly strange and new." What does he mean?

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