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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 reaction to Ellen's death?
(a) He says that he realized that he had not really been in love.
(b) He says that it made him start a life-long search for religious meaning.
(c) He says that it gave him absolute faith in the beneficence of the creator.
(d) He says that he never got over it.

2. What is the main theme of Nature?
(a) The relation between human beings and nature.
(b) The evolution of conscience.
(c) The divinity of human intuition.
(d) The transcendent nature of God.

3. What influence does Richardson say has helped Emerson's writing?
(a) His reading.
(b) His loss of Ellen Tucker.
(c) His public speaking.
(d) His travels.

4. What was Emerson lecturing on while he was courting Lidian?
(a) History.
(b) Science.
(c) Biography.
(d) Literature.

5. On whom did Emerson's reading focus after he graduated from Harvard?
(a) Platonic philosophers.
(b) Romantic poets.
(c) German Transcendentalists.
(d) Scottish Common Sense philosophers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did travel in Italy affect Emerson?

2. What does Richardson say likely caused Emerson's eye problems?

3. What trouble did the Emerson family encounter around the time of Emerson's engagement?

4. How did Emerson describe Ellen Tucker?

5. How does Richardson characterize Emerson as a reader?

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