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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fame.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Emerson move, in advance of writing Nature?
(a) His mother's house.
(b) His brother's house.
(c) Mary Moody Emerson's house.
(d) His step-grandfather Ezra Ripley's house.

2. How did Andrews Norton review Emerson's Dartmouth lecture?
(a) Harshly.
(b) Jubilantly.
(c) Bitterly.
(d) Slyly.

3. Which of Emerson's friendships was tested on Emerson's return from Europe?
(a) Fuller.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Hedge.
(d) Sturgis.

4. What idea of Hegel's did Emerson discover on returning from Europe?
(a) The importance of the heroic individual.
(b) The importance of history.
(c) The importance of marriage.
(d) The importance of community.

5. What was the Transcendental Club founded to discuss?
(a) The nature of God.
(b) The possibility of transcendence.
(c) The state of intellect in the U.S.
(d) The future of America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richardson say were Emerson's feelings about marriage?

2. What does Richardson say motivated Emerson's feelings about Brook Farm?

3. In what way did Emerson try to form a commune?

4. What does Richardson say was happening as Emerson and his brother Charles grew closer?

5. What side of Emerson was apparent in the volume of poems he published in 1846?

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