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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Emerson say has chosen "our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion"?
(a) Our families.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) God.
(d) Society.

4. What will we gladly do when we have "new perception"?
(a) "Live as strong men."
(b) "Use words as good when occasion comes."
(c) "Disburden the memory of its hoarded treasures."
(d) "Live with God."

5. What do Alfred, Scanderbeg and Gustavus have in common?
(a) They all are kings.
(b) They all are dukes.
(c) They all protect their kingdoms against powerful enemies.
(d) They all lead their people to great riches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say are "but physiological colors which the eye makes"?

2. What does Emerson say he likes "better than any preaching"?

3. What do our first journeys reveal?

4. Emerson claims that man "stands on tiptoe" to see what?

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

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