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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Emerson say conspires against "the sanity and authority of the soul"?
(a) Worship.
(b) Our mind.
(c) Religion.
(d) Time.

3. What does Emerson call history a parable of?
(a) My being and becoming.
(b) Time and space.
(c) Phraseology in another country.
(d) Right and wrong.

4. "The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost" what?
(a) The use of his horses.
(b) The use of his feet.
(c) A road to go by.
(d) His will to travel.

5. Emerson says that another person of greater obedience can master him, although he does not do what?
(a) Appeal to armies.
(b) Speak a single word.
(c) Openly challenge him.
(d) Raise his finger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Emerson NOT say "looks abroad" in talking about mimicking other countries?

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"?

3. Emerson says we should do what instead of sitting down to "cry for company" with others?

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

5. Which emotions does Emerson say are beneath the state of having "life in yourself"?

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