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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 wish adults could return to?
(a) Their youth.
(b) Their carelessness.
(c) Their neutrality.
(d) Their true state.

2. What does Emerson say the muscles are moved by in his discussion of company?
(a) A low usurping willfulness.
(b) A most disagreeable sensation.
(c) Our own will alone.
(d) The will of others.

3. Which of the following does Emerson NOT use as an example of self-sufficiency?
(a) The creation of a planet.
(b) A rose blooming after a storm.
(c) A child growing up to be a man.
(d) A tree recovering from a storm.

4. What does Emerson say a great soul may as well concern himself with as with consistency?
(a) His shadow on the wall.
(b) His own hobbies and interests.
(c) His own sense of self.
(d) His idea of divinity.

5. What is it that man no longer dares to say, according to Emerson?
(a) "I think" and "I am."
(b) "I won't" and "I disagree."
(c) "I can" and "I believe."
(d) "I want" and "I will."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say a man must know how to estimate in talking about society and nonconformity?

2. "The voyage of the best ship is..."

3. What does Emerson say happens to the "voices which we hear in solitude" as we enter into the world?

4. What does Emerson say members are required to surrender in his comparison to joint-stock companies?

5. What does Emerson suggest one should accept in regards to divine providence?

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