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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Emerson make an example of when talking about living according to his recommendations?
(a) Great artists.
(b) Minors and invalids.
(c) True geniuses.
(d) Great men.

2. What does Emerson claim will happen when you do your work?
(a) You shall reap what you sow.
(b) You shall reinforce yourself.
(c) You shall become refined in character.
(d) You shall gain strength against your opposition.

3. What does Emerson say a man should learn to detect and watch?
(a) His true character.
(b) His own thoughts.
(c) His inner light.
(d) The actions of others.

4. Who does Emerson say the youth speaks forcefully to?
(a) Women.
(b) Their contemporaries.
(c) Children.
(d) Seniors.

5. What are boys sure of in Emerson's example of how boys speak their mind?
(a) Their dinner.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their friends.
(d) Their parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emerson say adults feel in looking into the faces of children?

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

3. What does Emerson claim has happened to "the highest truth on this subject" in referencing the point of the essay overall?

4. What is an institution the lengthened shadow of?

5. What is a hieroglyphic as referred to in talking about virtue paid to kings, nobles and great proprietors?

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