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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize Emerson as a reader?
(a) Temperamental.
(b) Narrow.
(c) Voracious.
(d) Impatient.

2. What idea of the author's does Richardson say Emerson followed "surprisingly far?"
(a) Doubt about the possibility of transcendent experience.
(b) Disregard for individuality.
(c) Faith in evolutionary processes.
(d) Respect for historical determinism.

3. Which of these concerns did NOT burden Emerson in 1847?
(a) Family matters.
(b) Endless obligations.
(c) Health problems.
(d) Financial problems.

4. How does Richardson characterize "The Dial?"
(a) As mostly comprised of Emerson's work.
(b) As Emerson's mouthpiece.
(c) As the work that inspired Emerson.
(d) As forward looking but also memorializing the dead.

5. According to Richardson, what feeling would stay with Emerson for the rest of his life, after the Norton affair?
(a) The flush of success.
(b) Doubt about his talents.
(c) The pride of accomplishment.
(d) The taste of public censure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Emerson reading at the time he fell in love with Lydia Jackson?

2. What event threw Emerson into despair in 1840?

3. What publication did Emerson call a "living leaping Logos"?

4. What brought Emerson to Europe?

5. On whom did Emerson's reading focus after he graduated from Harvard?

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