Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are "sallies" of will?
2. How does Emerson say he knows it makes no difference whether he does or forbears "...those actions which are reckoned excellent"?
3. Emerson says boys try and sentence people and facts based on what?
4. What does Emerson say no man can violate?
5. What is Emerson suggesting with his mention of Joseph and his coat?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. What does Emerson say about property?
4. What does Emerson say man no longer dares to do at the beginning of paragraph 23?
5. In paragraph 7, Emerson writes: "If I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil." What point is he trying to make with this provocative claim?
6. What does Emerson mean in paragraph 17 when he says, "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man."?
7. What does Emerson say happens when a young man fails at his first endeavors? Describe what happens and what Emerson recommends.
8. Why does Emerson say in paragraph 26 that the world hates the fact that the soul becomes?
9. What does Emerson say in paragraph 29 about others having the power to annoy us?
10. In paragraph 24, Emerson compares us to children. Explain this comparison.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In paragraph 3, Emerson writes: "And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ... obeying the Almighty effort, and advancing on Chaos and the Dark." State and explain your opinion of this idea.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What was the Transcendentalist movement? How does the essay "Self-Reliance" relate to the movement?
|
This section contains 1,106 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
