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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 cause did Emerson involve himself?
(a) Women's suffrage.
(b) Preventing Cruelty to Animals.
(c) Anti-slavery.
(d) Indian affairs.

2. How does Richardson characterize Sufism?
(a) As the first building block of all subsequent religions.
(b) Not a religion but religion.
(c) As the first modern religion.
(d) Eastern Pragmatism.

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

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

5. What influence does Richardson say has helped Emerson's writing?
(a) His travels.
(b) His loss of Ellen Tucker.
(c) His reading.
(d) His public speaking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Richardson characterize the beginning of Emerson's relation with Margaret Fuller?

3. What 1837 event related to slavery does Richardson say affected Emerson's emotional state?

4. How did Emerson describe his experience of Ellen's death?

5. In what way did Emerson try to form a commune?

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