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

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

3. What do others use to "compute our orbit"?
(a) Our past acts.
(b) Our countenance.
(c) Our self-trust.
(d) Our consistency.

4. On what does Emerson say we will be advancing if we live as "guides, redeemers and benefactors"?
(a) Chaos and the Dark.
(b) Evil and Chaos.
(c) Chaos and the Devil.
(d) Evil and the Dark.

5. What does Emerson not recommend dragging about in his discussion of past acts?
(a) The deadweight of contradiction.
(b) The carcass of your consistency.
(c) The burden of the public.
(d) The corpse of your memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say causes a man to come to the conviction that "...envy is ignorance"?

2. What is Emerson suggesting with his mention of Joseph and his coat?

3. When does Emerson claim that the luster "will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen"?

4. What does Emerson say are "but physiological colors which the eye makes"?

5. Which of the following things does Emerson NOT name in explaining what man is "one with"?

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