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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What theme does Richardson say Emerson began to write about as he turned forty?
(a) Mysticism.
(b) Idealism.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Political resistance.

2. How did Emerson come to see memory?
(a) As the key to future and past.
(b) As the basis for civilization.
(c) As the heart of a man.
(d) As the limit to identity.

3. What idea did Emerson return to many times after giving his speech on American Scholar?
(a) The unity of things.
(b) The uniqueness of America.
(c) The omnipotence of God.
(d) The importance of marriage.

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

5. To what moral did Emerson point in his use of great men?
(a) That there are no common people.
(b) That uniqueness is a burden only strong men can bear.
(c) That all men are representative of their race and times.
(d) That common men are qualitatively different from exceptional men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Emerson's first son's name?

2. How long did Ellen Tucker and Emerson know each other before they were engaged?

3. Who was Hafiz?

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

5. What was Emerson's view as he got older?

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