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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 did Jones Very claim to be?
(a) Insane.
(b) The first genuine American Poet.
(c) Emerson's first disciple.
(d) The Messiah.

2. What did Emerson say about women's rights?
(a) That advocacy was the only obstacle to full recognition; but that advocacy sapped every cause.
(b) That they should have them, but that they did not want them.
(c) That they should acquire them slowly and patiently.
(d) That women had already proved themselves more than capable of equality with men.

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

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

5. What was Emerson's response to the publicity that arose from Andrews Norton's article?
(a) He stayed out of it.
(b) He answered Norton publicly.
(c) He made overtures to Norton through friends.
(d) He corresponded with Norton's superiors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea of the author's does Richardson say Emerson followed "surprisingly far?"

2. What did Emerson turn his house into?

3. To what moral did Emerson point in his use of great men?

4. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings?

5. To what cause does Richardson attribute Emerson's moodiness in advance of his trip to Europe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the effect Margaret Fuller Ossoli's death had on Emerson.

7. What was Fourier's influence on Emerson's thinking?

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

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

10. Describe Emerson's relationship with Whitman.

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