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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emerson say man is jailed by?
(a) The youth.
(b) Other people.
(c) His interests.
(d) His consciousness.

2. Where does Emerson say it is easy to live after the world's opinion?
(a) In your community.
(b) At home.
(c) Among friends.
(d) In the world.

3. Which of the following movements did Emerson NOT mention in his listing of "institutions"?
(a) Monachism.
(b) The Reformation.
(c) Abolition.
(d) The Mongolian Empire.

4. What does "Ne te quaesiveris extra" mean?
(a) Man is his own star.
(b) Do not reach outside yourself.
(c) Every man should do extra work.
(d) Do not look outside yourself.

5. What does Emerson claim men believe about how they communicate their character?
(a) They believe their virtue and vice emit a breath every moment.
(b) They believe they can communicate their virtue without their vice.
(c) They believe that communicating virtuous actions makes up for their vice.
(d) They believe they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say he does not need in talking about virtuous action?

2. What does Emerson say is a conspiracy against manhood?

3. What does Emerson insist a man must be in order to really be a man?

4. Which of the following did Emerson NOT say by name is misunderstood?

5. What is Emerson describing when he states: "In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity: yet when the devout motions of the soul come ... they should clothe God with shape and color"?

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