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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea of Hegel's did Emerson discover on returning from Europe?
(a) The importance of marriage.
(b) The importance of the heroic individual.
(c) The importance of community.
(d) The importance of history.

2. To what cause does Richardson attribute Emerson's moodiness in advance of his trip to Europe?
(a) Correspondence with Margaret Fuller.
(b) Correspondence with Thoreau.
(c) Correspondence with Caroline Sturgis.
(d) Correspondence with Anna Barker.

3. What was the Transcendental Club?
(a) A school.
(b) A symposium.
(c) A salon.
(d) A lecture series.

4. What was Emerson like as a student?
(a) Middling.
(b) Distinguished.
(c) Exceptional.
(d) Unsuccessful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What objection did Emerson make to Charles Fourier's utopian ideas?

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings on returning to America?

3. How did Emerson portray great men?

4. To what moral did Emerson point in his use of great men?

5. What does Richardson say is Emerson's last characteristic book?

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