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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who or what does Emerson say he is living his life for?
(a) The higher good of society.
(b) Himself.
(c) God.
(d) Itself.

4. What does Emerson give as his reason for insisting that we "...must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny..."?
(a) We are now men.
(b) We must live according to our conscience.
(c) Society demands this of us.
(d) We are old enough.

5. What does Emerson say members are required to surrender in his comparison to joint-stock companies?
(a) Liberty and freedom.
(b) Liberty and culture.
(c) Culture and education.
(d) Nature and freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Ne te quaesiveris extra" mean?

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

3. What reason does Emerson give for good deeds?

4. What is Emerson referring to when he writes: "...seated at their heart, working through their hands..." in his description of those living according to his recommendations?

5. Besides children, who does Emerson say God has armed with "piquancy and charm"?

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