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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 9-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which story does Emerson tell to get his point across about self-perception?
(a) That of a duke taken to a poor man's house and told he is a poor man.
(b) That of a poor man who trusts himself enough to become a duke.
(c) That of a duke who leaves his riches behind to become a poor man.
(d) That of a poor man taken to a duke's house and told he is the duke.

2. What does Emerson insist a man must be in order to really be a man?
(a) Self-reliant.
(b) Fearless.
(c) Genuine.
(d) Nonconformist.

3. What does genuine action explain?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything.
(c) One's character.
(d) Itself.

4. Which words does Emerson want to have "gazetted and ridiculous henceforward"?
(a) Society and philanthropy.
(b) Memory and reality.
(c) Mediocrity and contentment.
(d) Conformity and consistency.

5. What does Emerson mean by the word "meanness" when he writes: "This rule ... may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness"?
(a) Hatefulness.
(b) Harshness.
(c) Plainness.
(d) Spitefulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say members are trying to secure in his comparison to joint-stock companies?

2. What does Emerson say boys don't worry about?

3. What is a hobgoblin?

4. What does Emerson give as his reason for insisting that we "...must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny..."?

5. What reason does Emerson give for good deeds?

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