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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the title of the lecture series Emerson delivered in 1837?
(a) "Human Culture".
(b) "Self-Reliance".
(c) "The Uses of Great Men".
(d) "Refuse Great Models".

2. According to Richardson, what religious belief did Emerson turn toward while Ellen Tucker was dying?
(a) Methodism.
(b) Pantheism.
(c) Calvinism.
(d) Paganism.

3. What was the Transcendental Club?
(a) A symposium.
(b) A school.
(c) A lecture series.
(d) A salon.

4. What did this turning point do for Emerson?
(a) It gave him the confidence to pursue his studies.
(b) It centered his attention on his own experience.
(c) It filled him with knowledge of the classics.
(d) It introduced him to people who could forward his career.

5. In what author did Emerson find guidance during Ellen Tucker's death?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Hume.
(c) de Staël.
(d) Gerondo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What career paths was Emerson torn between?

2. How does Richardson characterize Margaret Fuller's tone toward Emerson?

3. Where does Richardson say Emerson's interest in religion came from?

4. What does Richardson say likely caused Emerson's eye problems?

5. What vision did Emerson have in the Jardin de Plantes in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What turning point did Emerson reach in his junior year of college?

2. What was Emerson's relationship with Carlyle?

3. What was Emerson's view of American literature?

4. How was Emerson's intellectual interest changed by Ellen's illness and decline?

5. What was the 'immovable anchor' in Emerson's thinking, according to Richardson?

6. Where did Emerson travel in Europe?

7. Why did Emerson travel to the South?

8. What was Emerson's relationship with the Abolition movement?

9. How was the period surrounding Emerson's marriage a time of mixed blessings?

10. What kinds of images does Richardson say dominated Emerson's thinking and writing in 1836?

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