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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ezra Ripley, D.D..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emerson say people hope to have happen to old patterns?
(a) To be shocked out of them.
(b) To find others who share them.
(c) To learn from them.
(d) To forget them.

2. Where did Ripley graduate college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) New York University.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Boston College.

3. How does Emerson describe Ripley?
(a) Cold.
(b) Friendly to the point of being naive.
(c) A natural gentlemen.
(d) Overbearing.

4. What philosopher did Emerson say was the beginning and end of all philosophy?
(a) Immanuel Kant.
(b) Confucius.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Plato.

5. How is truth revealed, according to "Intellect"?
(a) As a wandering light.
(b) As a butterfly from a caterpillar.
(c) As a bolt of lightning.
(d) As a wave in the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only permanent thing in the universe, according to Emerson?

2. How do people try to change old patterns in their lives?

3. In what year was Plato born?

4. What did Plato emphasize over the body, according to "Plato, or the Philosopher"?

5. Who was Plato's teacher?

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