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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spiritual Laws | Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Self-Reliance", the important thing is to be one's ______.
(a) Inner self.
(b) Natural self.
(c) Authentic self.
(d) Spiritual self.

2. In what year was "Nature" published?
(a) 1836.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1834.

3. According to "Compensation", which of the following is NOT one of the realms mentioned that achieves a balance between positive and negative forces?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Societal.
(c) Natural.
(d) Human.

4. Whose minds are formed in a certain direction, according to "Spiritual Laws"?
(a) Warriors.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Animals.
(d) The unenlightened.

5. How should history be understood, according to Emerson's essay "History"?
(a) As the first and most basic art form.
(b) As biography.
(c) As a piece of the puzzle of the human experience.
(d) As subjective narrative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ultimate effect of two lovers drawing closer to each other spiritually?

2. According to Emerson, who "should see that he can live all history in his own person"?

3. How does the love between a man and woman usually begin?

4. Where did Emerson deliver "The Lord's Supper" as a sermon?

5. Who is the author of "Selected Writings"?

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