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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do others use to "compute our orbit"?
2. What does conformity explain?
3. Why does Emerson say we distrust our sentiment?
4. What does Emerson say a man must know how to estimate in talking about society and nonconformity?
5. Which story does Emerson tell to get his point across about self-perception?
Short Essay Questions
1. In paragraph 6, Emerson compares society to a joint-stock company. Explain this comparison.
2. In paragraph 14, Emerson portrays the relationship between consistency and being misunderstood. Explain this relationship.
3. Emerson makes an important point about who or what one will see along the way "in the hour of vision" in paragraph 25. What does he say?
4. What does Emerson mean in saying, "Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare. Do that which is assigned to you."?
5. In paragraph 24, Emerson compares us to children. Explain this comparison.
6. At the beginning of paragraph 2, Emerson states: "There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that ... no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil." Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
7. What do you know about Ralph Waldo Emerson?
8. In paragraph 21, Emerson begins an explanation of the "reason of self-trust." Explain very briefly the question he is asking and the answer he finds.
9. What does Emerson mean in paragraph 17 when he says, "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man."?
10. After giving his example of "boys who are sure of a dinner" in paragraph 5, Emerson laments that adults cannot return to this neutrality. He explains what he believes would happen if we could. What does he believe would happen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Give a detailed explanation of how Emerson recommends dealing with relationships with friends and family in paragraph 30 and defend or contradict his recommendation.
Essay Topic 2
Explain Emerson's comparison of society to a joint-stock company by explaining what a joint-stock company is and how it works, as well as Emerson's ideas about society's investments and duties and what society receives for it's role in "the company."
Essay Topic 3
Describe Emerson's use of stylistic elements such as syntax, diction, pace, figurative language, tone, allusions, etc., and explain in which ways his style contributes to the feeling imparted by the essay.
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