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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Emerson call his house after he changed how it was used?
(a) The Bush Community.
(b) The Homestead.
(c) Erehwon.
(d) Brook Farm.

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

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

5. What did Margaret Fuller ask Emerson for in 1840?
(a) Money.
(b) A recommendation.
(c) Advice for her writing.
(d) A closer relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did "The Dial" change Emerson's writing?

2. How did Emerson portray great men?

3. What does Richardson say is Emerson's last characteristic book?

4. In what cause did Emerson involve himself?

5. Who was Hafiz?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Richardson describe Emerson's friendship with Thoreau after returning from England?

2. What was Emerson's talk in Dartmouth like?

3. In what ways did Emerson differ from his friends' opinions?

4. To what use does Emerson put great men in Representative Men?

5. What was the significance of Emerson's first daughter's name?

6. Describe Emerson's lecturing career.

7. What was Emerson's response to the invitation to join Brook Farm?

8. Why, according to Richardson, was Emerson's mood dark while he was preparing for his lecture tour in England?

9. What was Emerson's relationship with "The Dial?"

10. How did Emerson balance writing and editing?

(see the answer keys)

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