2. What was Emerson's response to the publicity that arose from Andrews Norton's article?
(a) He corresponded with Norton's superiors.
(b) He stayed out of it.
(c) He made overtures to Norton through friends.
(d) He answered Norton publicly.

3. By what work of Emerson's was Jones Very impassioned?
(a) The American Scholar.
(b) The Divinity School Address.
(c) Circles.
(d) Nature.

4. What world literature did Emerson include in "The Dial?"
(a) Scriptures.
(b) Poems.
(c) Histories.
(d) Accounts of ecstatic religious experiences.

5. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's response to his son's death?
(a) He was inspired.
(b) He was assured of an afterlife.
(c) He was destroyed.
(d) He was devastated.

6. What idea of Hegel's did Emerson discover on returning from Europe?
(a) The importance of community.
(b) The importance of the heroic individual.
(c) The importance of marriage.
(d) The importance of history.

7. Who was Hafiz?
(a) A Turkish governor.
(b) A Persian poet.
(c) An Egyptian philosopher.
(d) A Malaysian philosopher.

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

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

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

11. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's career as a lecturer?
(a) Taxing but enjoyable.
(b) The fulfillment of his ministerial personality.
(c) A bother and source of dismay.
(d) A distraction from his writing.

12. In what cause did Emerson involve himself?
(a) Preventing Cruelty to Animals.
(b) Anti-slavery.
(c) Women's suffrage.
(d) Indian affairs.

13. What did Emerson become interested in after discovering Hafiz?
(a) Science.
(b) The progress of history.
(c) Prints and music.
(d) Asian history.

14. Why did Emerson take over editorship of "The Dial?"
(a) Margaret Fuller resigned.
(b) The other editors asked Emerson to take over.
(c) It was Emerson's turn.
(d) The other editors asked Margaret Fuller to step down.

15. In what realization of Pythagoras' was Emerson interested?
(a) That change was the only constant.
(b) That everything is spirit.
(c) That not everything was in flux.
(d) That all things are made of material.