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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Richardson say Emerson's interest in religion came from?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mary Moody Emerson.
(c) His father.
(d) His brothers.

2. What practice did Emerson begin in college?
(a) Holding dinner parties for intellectuals.
(b) Writing poetry.
(c) Keeping a journal.
(d) Sending money to his mother.

3. Where in his career was Emerson, in the scene Richardson describes in the Prologue?
(a) At rock bottom.
(b) At the beginning.
(c) In its decline.
(d) At its peak.

4. What career paths was Emerson torn between?
(a) Law and teaching.
(b) Preaching and law.
(c) Farming and writing.
(d) Preaching and writing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea of Emerson's influenced Richardson's biography?

2. What was Emerson like as a student?

3. How are we introduced to Emerson in the Prologue?

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

5. What did this turning point do for Emerson?

(see the answer key)

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