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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. Who or what does Emerson say he is living his life for?
2. What does Emerson say Joseph does with his coat?
3. What does Emerson mean when he writes: "...yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color"?
4. What does Emerson say members are trying to secure in his comparison to joint-stock companies?
5. What does Emerson say is the lesson great works of art teach us?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Emerson say about strength in numbers?
2. Explain the opening quote to Emerson's essay, "Ne te quaesiveris extra" and why he uses it.
3. What is the "ONE" Emerson is referring to when he writes: "The resolution of all into the ever-blessed ONE" at the beginning of paragraph 27?
4. Why do other members of society "need" us to be consistent according to Emerson in paragraph 12?
5. In paragraph 13, Emerson says it "seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone ... but to bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present." What does he mean by the phrase "thousand-eyed present"?
6. 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?
7. 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.
8. Who are Alfred, Scanderbeg and Gustavus, referred to in paragraph 19?
9. Why does Emerson say in paragraph 26 that the world hates the fact that the soul becomes?
10. In paragraph 11, Emerson explains what consequences one faces within society for nonconformity. What are they?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In paragraph 26, Emerson says, "A man or a company of men, plastic and permeable to principles ... by the law of nature must overpower and ride all cities, nations, kings, rich men, poets, who are not." Explain what Emerson means by this quote and give your own opinion on this subject, backing your opinion up with specific arguments.
Essay Topic 3
What does Emerson say the world has learned from its kings? Describe Emerson's view and give your own opinion on the subject.
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