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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Natural History of Intellect.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Richardson say Emerson's interest in religion came from?
(a) His father.
(b) His brothers.
(c) His mother.
(d) Mary Moody Emerson.

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feeling about the essay "The Poet?"
(a) He was afraid to believe in his own prophecy.
(b) He felt more uncertain of that essay than any other.
(c) He was afraid of the censure it would draw.
(d) He thought it was one of his best.

3. What does Emerson say reality is masked by?
(a) Imagination.
(b) Daily routines.
(c) Human sinfulness.
(d) Culture.

4. What did Emerson turn his house into?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A library.
(c) A boardinghouse.
(d) A restaurant.

5. In what movement does Richardson say was Lidian ahead of Emerson?
(a) Women's suffrage.
(b) Opposition to the Indian Removal.
(c) Abolition.
(d) Advocating the independence of American thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Andrews Norton review Emerson's Dartmouth lecture?

2. What did Emerson do for Carlyle?

3. According to Richardson, what feeling would stay with Emerson for the rest of his life, after the Norton affair?

4. Which of these concerns did NOT burden Emerson in 1847?

5. Where was Emerson going on Christmas Day, 1832?

(see the answer key)

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