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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraph 28-End of Essay.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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"?
(a) You must be wary of religious emotion.
(b) Your own ideas of God are unimportant.
(c) We can never truly know what God is like.
(d) It is acceptable to change one's mind.

3. Besides children, who does Emerson say God has armed with "piquancy and charm"?
(a) The youth.
(b) Invalids.
(c) Women.
(d) Infants.

4. No one but whom can teach us "that which (we) can do best"?
(a) Our Divine Spirit.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) Our maker.
(d) Our Inner Voice.

5. Emerson claims that man "stands on tiptoe" to see what?
(a) His own riches.
(b) The past.
(c) The future.
(d) His blooming garden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a man worth that "tries all the professions"?

3. What does Emerson say he can anticipate if he knows your sect?

4. In writing about strength, to whom does Emerson compare the American?

5. Who or what does Emerson say he is living his life for?

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