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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Emerson call history a parable of?
(a) Right and wrong.
(b) Time and space.
(c) My being and becoming.
(d) Phraseology in another country.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say goes with him everywhere he goes?

2. Which of the following examples does Emerson NOT name in conjunction with the attribute of the Supreme Cause?

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

4. According to Emerson, Galileo did more with what than anyone since?

5. What is a hieroglyphic as referred to in talking about virtue paid to kings, nobles and great proprietors?

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