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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. How did Andrews Norton review Emerson's Dartmouth lecture?
(a) Harshly.
(b) Jubilantly.
(c) Slyly.
(d) Bitterly.

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's works after he turned forty?
(a) More mystical.
(b) More relaxed.
(c) More confident.
(d) Darker.

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

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

5. What does Richardson say caused Emerson to become less innocent?
(a) His marriage.
(b) Getting older.
(c) Ellen's death.
(d) Waldo's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these concerns did NOT burden Emerson in 1847?

2. What did Emerson do for Carlyle?

3. In what cause did Emerson involve himself?

4. With what view of Emerson's did his friends disagree, according to Richardson?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Hafiz and what was his influence on Emerson?

3. How does Richardson describe Emerson's home life in the 1850s?

4. What were Emerson's impressions of England when he traveled there in 1848?

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

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

7. Who was Jones Very?

8. Describe Emerson's relationship with Whitman.

9. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's fame?

10. What was Emerson's relationship with abolition?

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