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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's household in 1835-1836?
(a) Quiet with illness.
(b) Shaken by crisis.
(c) Bustling with ideas.
(d) Quiet with work.

2. What does Richardson say his book illustrates in Emerson's life?
(a) His life as opposed to his reputation.
(b) His genius and his flaws.
(c) His literary development.
(d) His emotional life.

3. In what way did Emerson share a faith with Mary Rotch and the Quakers?
(a) Both believed in the unity of the world-spirit.
(b) Both believed in the necessity of deep and prolonged religious study.
(c) Both believed that the inner spirit took precedence over the Bible and external religion.
(d) Both believed that religion was about to be reinvented for modern times.

4. When did Emerson meet Lydia Jackson?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1836.

5. What trouble did the Emerson family encounter around the time of Emerson's engagement?
(a) His mother fell ill.
(b) His father died.
(c) His brother died of tuberculosis.
(d) His brother had a mental breakdown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the event described in the Prologue change Emerson's life?

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's relation to other writers?

3. What practice did Emerson begin in college?

4. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's perspective on approaching Europe?

5. What vision did Emerson have in the Jardin de Plantes in Paris?

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