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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 organizations.
(b) In numbers.
(c) In offices.
(d) In politics.

3. 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.")?
(a) Principles and standards.
(b) Distinguishing traits.
(c) Regard and esteem.
(d) Courage and boldness.

4. What does Emerson mean in saying that there "will be power not confident but agent" when the soul is present?
(a) We do not confide our power to others.
(b) We do not hope for power, we have power.
(c) Our power lives.
(d) Our power is not prideful.

5. Who said "To the persevering mortal ... the blessed Immortals are swift"?
(a) Caliph Ali.
(b) Zoroaster.
(c) Bonduca.
(d) Fletcher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emerson call "primary wisdom"?

3. Which artist does Emerson say "will create a house in which all these will find themselves fitted"?

4. Which emotions does Emerson say are beneath the state of having "life in yourself"?

5. Emerson laments that strong intellects "dare not yet hear God himself, unless he speak the phraseology of..." whom?

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