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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. Whose book impressed Emerson during his travels?
(a) Carlyle.
(b) Margaret Fuller.
(c) Quetelet.
(d) Hegel.

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

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

4. What did Emerson turn his house into?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A boardinghouse.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A library.

5. What was Emerson's response to the invitation to join Brook Farm?
(a) He declined.
(b) He delayed.
(c) He joined.
(d) He never responded, but let the matter fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea of Hegel's did Emerson discover on returning from Europe?

2. What did Emerson become interested in after discovering Hafiz?

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

4. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's response to his son's death?

5. What did Emerson do for Carlyle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize the change that took place in Emerson after Waldo's death?

2. Who was Jones Very?

3. How was Emerson's work changing as he reached his fortieth birthday, in Richardson's account?

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

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

6. What political events did Emerson witness during his trip to Europe?

7. What does Richardson say was Emerson's last characteristic book?

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

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

10. Describe Emerson's relationship with Whitman.

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