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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. How does Emerson say he knows it makes no difference whether he does or forbears "...those actions which are reckoned excellent"?
2. What does Emerson insist men carry themselves in the presence of?
3. How does Emerson say he wants his life to be?
4. What does Emerson say man is jailed by?
5. What does Emerson say a man will find himself if he exercises his reason?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain Emerson's example of "boys who are sure of a dinner" from paragraph 5.
2. What does Emerson say about involuntary perception (paragraph 21)?
3. In paragraph 4, Emerson claims that nature has given us something specific to remind us of nonconformity. What is it? Explain.
4. 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?
5. Explain the quote "Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events" from paragraph 3.
6. What does Emerson say about sympathy in paragraph 37?
7. At the end of paragraph 36, Emerson relates the story of Caratach in Fletcher's "Bonduca," who is "admonished to inquire the mind of the god Audate." In your own words, describe Caratach's response.
8. 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?
9. Aside from the consequences faced within society, Emerson mentions in paragraph 12 one other factor that causes consistency. What is it?
10. What does Emerson mean when he states in paragraph 15: "No man can violate his nature. All the sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being."?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In paragraph 25, Emerson writes: "When good is near you, when you have life in yourself, it is not by any known or accustomed way; you shall not discern the foot-prints of any other; ... the way ... shall be wholly strange and new." Explain what Emerson means by this and use this idea to describe what Emerson believes a life of self-reliance is like.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What is Emerson's view of children and youth? Compare this with his view on adults within society.
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