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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Emerson praise in the essay based on Alec Therien?
(a) The representative man.
(b) The different types of men.
(c) The exceptional man.
(d) The common man.

2. What does Emerson try to connect ecstasy to in his essay on ecstasy?
(a) Language.
(b) Sex.
(c) History.
(d) Nature.

3. Where did Emerson travel after returning from Europe?
(a) Canada.
(b) The American South.
(c) The American West.
(d) Mexico.

4. With whom did Emerson take walks after returning from Europe?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Ellery Channing.
(c) His children.
(d) Margaret Fuller.

5. Whose coffin did Emerson open toward the end of his life?
(a) Waldo's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) Mary Moody Emerson's.
(d) Ellen's.

6. According to Richardson, what feeling would stay with Emerson for the rest of his life, after the Norton affair?
(a) The pride of accomplishment.
(b) The flush of success.
(c) The taste of public censure.
(d) Doubt about his talents.

7. What political contest was becoming serious after Emerson's return from Europe?
(a) International trade.
(b) Suffrage.
(c) Abolition.
(d) Westward expansion.

8. What did Jones Very claim to be?
(a) Emerson's first disciple.
(b) Insane.
(c) The first genuine American Poet.
(d) The Messiah.

9. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings?
(a) That he had accomplished nothing.
(b) That he would never compensate for his losses.
(c) That he had no control over his life.
(d) That he wanted more freedom than he had.

10. What does Richardson say is Emerson's last characteristic book?
(a) The 1844 Essays.
(b) Essays 1844.
(c) Representative Men.
(d) His book on England.

11. Which of these concerns did NOT burden Emerson in 1847?
(a) Health problems.
(b) Family matters.
(c) Endless obligations.
(d) Financial problems.

12. What was Emerson's frame of mind on returning from Europe?
(a) Filled with doubts about his philosophy.
(b) Unhappy, almost angry.
(c) Disappointed, haunted by possibilities.
(d) Delighted, at the peak of his career.

13. What idea of the author's does Richardson say Emerson followed "surprisingly far?"
(a) Faith in evolutionary processes.
(b) Doubt about the possibility of transcendent experience.
(c) Respect for historical determinism.
(d) Disregard for individuality.

14. To what cause does Richardson attribute Emerson's moodiness in advance of his trip to Europe?
(a) Correspondence with Margaret Fuller.
(b) Correspondence with Anna Barker.
(c) Correspondence with Caroline Sturgis.
(d) Correspondence with Thoreau.

15. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's fame?
(a) Almost dangerous.
(b) Semi-divine.
(c) Moderate.
(d) Momentary.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what theme did Emerson's letters and journals begin to focus after Margaret Fuller's death?

2. How did Margaret Fuller Ossoli die?

3. What did Emerson do for Carlyle?

4. What did Emerson call his house after he changed how it was used?

5. In what cause did Emerson involve himself?

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