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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does Emerson say we should awaken when entering "into the state of war"?
(a) Mars and Jupiter.
(b) Camulus and Cocidius.
(c) Thor and Woden.
(d) Zeus and Hera.

3. What does Emerson say are "another sort of false prayer"?
(a) Imitation.
(b) Disunity.
(c) Our creeds.
(d) Our regrets.

4. In the state of having "life in yourself" that Emerson describes, what does he claim is of no account?
(a) This world's many riches.
(b) Vast spaces of nature and long intervals of time.
(c) A man's own personal interest.
(d) The will and wanting of others.

5. Which of the following does Emerson NOT use as an example of self-sufficiency?
(a) A rose blooming after a storm.
(b) The creation of a planet.
(c) A tree recovering from a storm.
(d) A child growing up to be a man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emerson mean in saying that there "will be power not confident but agent" when the soul is present?

3. What do young men do if they fail in their first enterprises?

4. What is a man worth that "tries all the professions"?

5. "Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdoms which..."?

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