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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. What troubled Emerson during his travels to the South?
(a) His engagement to Ellen Tucker.
(b) His religious faith.
(c) Slavery.
(d) His divinity studies.

2. What does Richardson say likely caused Emerson's eye problems?
(a) Migraines.
(b) Stress.
(c) Overwork.
(d) Tuberculosis.

3. Why was Emerson's meeting with Carlyle a "white day in his years"?
(a) He and Carlyle discovered a deep and productive antagonism.
(b) He and Carlyle challenged each other to define a new philosophy for the modern age.
(c) He and Carlyle discovered that they were related.
(d) He and Carlyle became fast friends.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings about the changes he made after Ellen's death?

2. Where in his career was Emerson, in the scene Richardson describes in the Prologue?

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

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

5. According to Richardson, what religious belief did Emerson turn toward while Ellen Tucker was dying?

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