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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which faith does Emerson NOT mention as an example of "creeds and churches"?
(a) Quakerism.
(b) Lutheranism.
(c) Swedenborgism.
(d) Calvinism.

2. Which of the following does Emerson NOT list in the aspects of life in which "It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution"?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Education.
(c) Property.
(d) Modes of living.

3. What has the world been taught by "this colossal symbol," the world's instructors?
(a) The respect due from man to man.
(b) The value of loyalty.
(c) The value of virtue.
(d) The respect due to the nation's great minds.

4. Emerson states that we are "like children" who do what?
(a) "Repeat by rote the sentences of grandames and tutors."
(b) "Do not yet understand the truth we witness."
(c) "Postpone that which inevitably must come."
(d) "Are perfect at every moment."

5. What do our first journeys reveal?
(a) A fool's paradise.
(b) The indifference of places.
(c) The ruins of ruins.
(d) The wonders of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emerson say are "another sort of false prayer"?

2. In the final sentence of "Self-Reliance," Emerson writes: "Nothing can bring you peace but" what?

3. What is antinomianism ("The populace think that your rejection of popular standards is ... mere antinomianism")?

4. In the state of having "life in yourself" that Emerson describes, what does he claim is of no account?

5. What does Emerson say goes with him everywhere he goes?

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