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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way did many of Emerson's friends affect him in the 1860s and 70s?
(a) By celebrating his accomplishments.
(b) By dying before him.
(c) By introducing him to new friends.
(d) By leaving him over time.

2. How did Emerson's views on individuality and idealism respond to the immense cultural changes of the 1840s, according to Richardson?
(a) They became more realistic.
(b) They were tempered by doubts.
(c) They became more optimistic.
(d) They stayed the same.

3. How did "The Dial" change Emerson's writing?
(a) He was writing less.
(b) He was writing longer essays.
(c) He was writing shorter works.
(d) He stopped writing almost completely.

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

5. Where did Emerson move, in advance of writing Nature?
(a) His mother's house.
(b) His step-grandfather Ezra Ripley's house.
(c) His brother's house.
(d) Mary Moody Emerson's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what religious sect was Edward Taylor active?

2. Who did NOT join Emerson where he was writing in 1834?

3. What does Richardson say Emerson found in Whitman?

4. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's household in 1835-1836?

5. With whom did Emerson take walks after returning from Europe?

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