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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Emerson's career change after he opened Ellen's casket?
(a) He published argumentative tracts questioning the reality of religious rituals.
(b) He was ordained.
(c) He devoted himself more than ever to his preaching.
(d) He left the church.

2. How did Emerson describe his experience of Ellen's death?
(a) It was a second birth.
(b) It forced him to question his beliefs.
(c) It was a death for him as well.
(d) It was a turning point.

3. Where was Emerson going on Christmas Day, 1832?
(a) New York.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Europe.
(d) Boston.

4. What troubled Emerson during his travels to the South?
(a) His divinity studies.
(b) Slavery.
(c) His engagement to Ellen Tucker.
(d) His religious faith.

5. According to Richardson, what religious belief did Emerson turn toward while Ellen Tucker was dying?
(a) Pantheism.
(b) Methodism.
(c) Calvinism.
(d) Paganism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Richardson say Emerson and his brothers got their most profound education?

2. What were Emerson's religious beliefs tending toward, at the time of his ordination?

3. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings about the changes he made after Ellen's death?

4. In what author did Emerson find guidance during Ellen Tucker's death?

5. What does Richardson say was the turning point in Emerson's life?

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