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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long was Emerson the editor of "The Dial?"
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Four years.
(d) Three years.

2. What did Emerson witness in Europe?
(a) Famine and poverty.
(b) Revolutions in England and France.
(c) Severe economic crisis.
(d) Modern warfare.

3. In what way did Emerson try to form a commune?
(a) He tried to interest others in buying shares in land to farm communally.
(b) He tried to get friends to move to his neighborhood.
(c) He helped utopianists make their plans for communes in New York.
(d) He moved to Brook Farm part-time.

4. Where does Richardson say Emerson's interest in religion came from?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brothers.
(c) His father.
(d) Mary Moody Emerson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What world literature did Emerson include in "The Dial?"

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's relationship with his brothers?

3. What was Emerson's frame of mind on returning from Europe?

4. How does Richardson characterize Emerson as a reader?

5. How does Richardson characterize the development of Emerson's writing in 1834?

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