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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Endings.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Emerson begin to write about after returning to America?
(a) The political events he witnessed.
(b) The realizations he had in the Paris Jardin des Plantes.
(c) His trip to England.
(d) Getting older and facing death.

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

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

5. What objection did Emerson make to Charles Fourier's utopian ideas?
(a) He was too optimistic.
(b) He was too dependent on science.
(c) He was too pessimistic.
(d) He had too much faith in people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What world literature did Emerson include in "The Dial?"

2. Where in his career was Emerson, in the scene Richardson describes in the Prologue?

3. What began to appear in America as a result of Charles Fourier's work?

4. What publication did Emerson call a "living leaping Logos"?

5. What was Emerson's first printed work?

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