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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Emerson say he had always considered his best friend?
(a) Fuller.
(b) Lidian.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Ellen.

3. With what view of Emerson's did his friends disagree, according to Richardson?
(a) His positive view of business.
(b) His positive view of Indian removal.
(c) His focus on writing above all else.
(d) His isolationism.

4. How does Richardson characterize Emerson as a reader?
(a) Temperamental.
(b) Narrow.
(c) Voracious.
(d) Impatient.

5. How was Emerson's 1837 speech at Harvard on the American Scholar received?
(a) With hostility.
(b) With relief.
(c) With gifts.
(d) With celebration.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lectures did Emerson give over five months, in "Fame?"

2. What was Emerson's first printed work?

3. How did Margaret Fuller Ossoli die?

4. How did travel in Italy affect Emerson?

5. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's reaction to Ellen's death?

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