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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Natural History of Intellect.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the Transcendental Club founded to discuss?
(a) The nature of God.
(b) The possibility of transcendence.
(c) The state of intellect in the U.S.
(d) The future of America.

3. What side of Emerson was apparent in the volume of poems he published in 1846?
(a) Passionate romantic.
(b) Calm stoic.
(c) Divine.
(d) Political strategist.

4. With what point of Goethe's did Emerson conclude his lectures on great men?
(a) That the times had changed, and human life would be something new from this point.
(b) That we must put what we know into practice.
(c) That we have to honor tradition even as we innovate.
(d) That we must find the middle path between action and meditation.

5. For how long was Emerson the editor of "The Dial?"
(a) Six months.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of the lecture series Emerson delivered in 1837?

2. What does Richardson say caused Emerson to become less innocent?

3. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's exterior personality?

4. What was Emerson's hobby?

5. What was Emerson's relationship with his reading?

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