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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Emerson claims that man "stands on tiptoe" to see what?
(a) His own riches.
(b) The past.
(c) The future.
(d) His blooming garden.

3. What does Emerson claim society never does?
(a) Compares.
(b) Regrets.
(c) Advances.
(d) Looks back.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In writing about strength, to whom does Emerson compare the American?

2. What do Alfred, Scanderbeg and Gustavus have in common?

3. How does Emerson measure the degree to which a thing is real?

4. Which is the definition of the word "valors" when Caratach is admonished to inquire the mind of the god Audate and replies: "His hidden meaning lies in our endeavours; Our valors are our best gods.")?

5. What is antinomianism ("The populace think that your rejection of popular standards is ... mere antinomianism")?

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