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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Endings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emerson describe war in "The Peace Principle?"
(a) As a force of nature.
(b) As a necessary evil.
(c) As a form of evil.
(d) As a primitive form of self-help.

2. Whose coffin did Emerson open toward the end of his life?
(a) Ellen's.
(b) Waldo's.
(c) Mary Moody Emerson's.
(d) His mother's.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Emerson's views on individuality and idealism respond to the immense cultural changes of the 1840s, according to Richardson?

2. Who does Emerson say he had always considered his best friend?

3. Which of these concerns did NOT burden Emerson in 1847?

4. How does Richardson say Emerson felt in response to the work he did for Carlyle?

5. What does Emerson say reality is masked by?

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