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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How should one be a man, according to "Self-Reliance"?
(a) Be a nonconformist.
(b) Follow man's laws.
(c) Live in nature.
(d) Follow God's laws.

4. 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 forget them.
(d) To learn from them.

5. Who said, "Do not flatter your benefactors"?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) The Buddha.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) An unnamed Indian guru.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Plato's teacher?

2. What, with friendship, creates a "cordial goodwill," according to "Friendship"?

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

4. What aspect of man does "Nominalist and Realist" delve into?

5. What is the subject of "An Address"?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to "Nature", what is the role of nature?

2. According to "Experience", why do most people not recognize the changes in their lives until they are looking in retrospect?

3. What two major failings of the church does Emerson explain in "An Address"?

4. According to "Self-Reliance", what is the relationship between conformity and being a man?

5. According to "The Poet", what is the effect of poets speaking the truth? How do poets speak the truth?

6. What is the benefit of friendship, according to "Friendship"? What is the irony in Emerson's essay?

7. What are the two effects of a couple who rediscover their love for each other, according to "Love"?

8. According to "New England Reformers", what does a reformist attitude challenge?

9. What are the categories Emerson divides the world into in his essay "Nature"?

10. According to "Heroism", where does Emerson say people should find examples of true heroism? What is heroism the product of?

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