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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Emerson describe his experience of Ellen's death?
(a) It was a death for him as well.
(b) It was a turning point.
(c) It was a second birth.
(d) It forced him to question his beliefs.

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

3. How does Richardson say Emerson felt in response to the work he did for Carlyle?
(a) Humbled so that he could not write.
(b) Afraid of failure and competition.
(c) Inspired to write poetry.
(d) Motivated to write his own essays.

4. What was Emerson's hobby?
(a) Orchard keeping.
(b) Beekeeping.
(c) Farming.
(d) Building furniture.

5. What was the Transcendental Club founded to discuss?
(a) The possibility of transcendence.
(b) The state of intellect in the U.S.
(c) The nature of God.
(d) The future of America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Emerson suffer in 1837?

2. What did Emerson turn his house into?

3. Who came to live with Emerson after his brother Charles died?

4. What does Richardson say were Emerson's feelings about the Civil War?

5. What did Emerson become interested in after discovering Hafiz?

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