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 does Emerson say members are trying to secure in his comparison to joint-stock companies?
2. What claim does Emerson make about the force of character?
3. What does Emerson say happens to the "voices which we hear in solitude" as we enter into the world?
4. Who does Emerson say babies conform to?
5. How does Emerson say it is easy to live after your own opinion?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain which characteristics Emerson says, in paragraph 11, that a person must be equipped with in order to withstand the consequences of nonconformity.
2. What does Emerson say about property?
3. What does Emerson say man no longer dares to do at the beginning of paragraph 23?
4. What does Emerson say about sympathy in paragraph 37?
5. What is Emerson's stance on philanthropy and charity?
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. In paragraph 36, Emerson talks about real and false prayer. Describe the difference.
8. Explain Emerson's example of "boys who are sure of a dinner" from paragraph 5.
9. What does Emerson mean in saying, "Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare. Do that which is assigned to you."?
10. Why does Emerson say in paragraph 26 that the world hates the fact that the soul becomes?
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
Discuss the principles of the Age of Enlightenment that preceded Emerson's work. Explain the relationship between Emerson's philosophies and those of the Enlightenment.
Essay Topic 3
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.
|
This section contains 1,113 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
