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

2. How does Richardson characterize "The Dial?"
(a) As the work that inspired Emerson.
(b) As mostly comprised of Emerson's work.
(c) As Emerson's mouthpiece.
(d) As forward looking but also memorializing the dead.

3. What did Emerson do for Carlyle?
(a) Publish his work in America.
(b) Edit his work.
(c) Provide a subsidy.
(d) Halt a pirated copy of his work.

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

5. The Mind on Fire is the story of what?
(a) Emerson's intellectual career.
(b) Emerson's marriage.
(c) Emerson's literary development.
(d) Emerson's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What view was reaffirmed, for Emerson, in reading Jakob Boehme's "Aurora?"

2. How did Emerson change after opening Ellen's casket?

3. When did Emerson meet Lydia Jackson?

4. What does Richardson say is the immovable anchor in Emerson's thought?

5. How did the event described in the Prologue change Emerson's life?

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