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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Manners | Gifts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the best gift, according to "Gifts"?
(a) Something that acknowledges an essential truth about the receiver.
(b) Something that acknowledges an essential truth about the giver.
(c) Something that comes directly from the giver.
(d) Something that reflects the giver.

2. What is the subject of "An Address"?
(a) Politics.
(b) Academics.
(c) Nature.
(d) Religion.

3. How does Emerson say we become aware of the changes in our lives brought on by experience?
(a) In retrospect.
(b) By living our lives.
(c) Through prayer.
(d) By observing those same changes in other people's lives.

4. What does Emerson believe about nature?
(a) It can be used as an analogy for all aspects of life.
(b) It is bipolar.
(c) It will be the only thing that lasts.
(d) It is unchanging.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does true friendship require, according to Emerson?

2. According to "Self-Reliance", the important thing is to be one's ______.

3. In what year was "Nature" published?

4. True prudence does not question ______ laws.

5. How should history be understood, according to Emerson's essay "History"?

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