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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 19-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emerson say "...is all that concerns..." him?
(a) What I believe.
(b) My own thought.
(c) My own charities.
(d) What I must do.

2. Emerson states that we are "like children" who do what?
(a) "Do not yet understand the truth we witness."
(b) "Postpone that which inevitably must come."
(c) "Repeat by rote the sentences of grandames and tutors."
(d) "Are perfect at every moment."

3. Emerson says boys try and sentence people and facts based on what?
(a) Their own mind.
(b) Their intuition.
(c) Their merits.
(d) Their characters.

4. According to Emerson, what are heroes attended by?
(a) The worship of others.
(b) An undying light.
(c) Their victories.
(d) A visible escort of angels.

5. Emerson mentions something personal to him that makes "no reference" to the past and simply exists with God today. What is it?
(a) His house.
(b) His patron saint.
(c) His book.
(d) His roses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Emerson referring to when he states: "It will be found symmetrical" in talking about consistency vs. contradiction?

2. In the state of having "life in yourself" that Emerson describes, what does he claim is of no account?

3. On what does Emerson say we will be advancing if we live as "guides, redeemers and benefactors"?

4. What kind of expression does Emerson say that we begin to acquire with conformity?

5. What reason does Emerson give for good deeds?

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