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

2. How did Emerson's views on individuality and idealism respond to the immense cultural changes of the 1840s, according to Richardson?
(a) They became more realistic.
(b) They were tempered by doubts.
(c) They stayed the same.
(d) They became more optimistic.

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

4. What idea did Emerson return to many times after giving his speech on American Scholar?
(a) The omnipotence of God.
(b) The unity of things.
(c) The importance of marriage.
(d) The uniqueness of America.

5. What event threw Emerson into despair in 1840?
(a) The death of his son Waldo.
(b) The death of Mary Moody Emerson.
(c) Lidian's illness.
(d) The death of his brother Charles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice did Emerson begin in college?

2. How does Richardson characterize Sufism?

3. What were Emerson's religious beliefs tending toward, at the time of his ordination?

4. What did Emerson discover on reuniting with Carlyle?

5. With what point of Goethe's did Emerson conclude his lectures on great men?

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