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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. How does Richardson characterize the year 1834 in Emerson's life?
(a) The turning point.
(b) The year of transition.
(c) The year of trials.
(d) The year of wonders.

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

3. What career paths was Emerson torn between?
(a) Preaching and writing.
(b) Farming and writing.
(c) Preaching and law.
(d) Law and teaching.

4. What did Emerson call his house after he changed how it was used?
(a) Erehwon.
(b) The Homestead.
(c) The Bush Community.
(d) Brook Farm.

5. On whom did Emerson's reading focus after he graduated from Harvard?
(a) Romantic poets.
(b) German Transcendentalists.
(c) Scottish Common Sense philosophers.
(d) Platonic philosophers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What troubled Emerson during his travels to the South?

2. What world literature did Emerson include in "The Dial?"

3. In what religious sect was Edward Taylor active?

4. Who influenced Emerson during this turning point?

5. For how long was Emerson the editor of "The Dial?"

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