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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 did Emerson become interested in after discovering Hafiz?
(a) The progress of history.
(b) Asian history.
(c) Science.
(d) Prints and music.

2. What vision did Emerson have in the Jardin de Plantes in Paris?
(a) He saw the life of culture.
(b) He saw the unity of all life.
(c) He saw the cruelty of evolution.
(d) He saw the future of science.

3. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings on returning to America?
(a) Anxious about finding his family well.
(b) Depressed about coming home.
(c) Despairing about finding a career.
(d) Impatient to begin new work.

4. How did Emerson describe his experience of Ellen's death?
(a) It forced him to question his beliefs.
(b) It was a turning point.
(c) It was a death for him as well.
(d) It was a second birth.

5. What view was reaffirmed, for Emerson, in reading Jakob Boehme's "Aurora?"
(a) That Freedom is limited by Fate.
(b) That God is in one's own heart.
(c) That divine grace is real.
(d) That experience is man's only freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Osman?

2. How did travel in Italy affect Emerson?

3. Where was Emerson going on Christmas Day, 1832?

4. What did Emerson call his house after he changed how it was used?

5. What was Emerson lecturing on while he was courting Lidian?

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