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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Inner Light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Emerson travel from South Carolina?
(a) Florida.
(b) New York.
(c) Europe.
(d) New England.

2. What were Emerson's religious beliefs tending toward, at the time of his ordination?
(a) Certainty that divine grace is the only avenue to redemption.
(b) Doubts regarding divine grace.
(c) Uncertainty about the nature of the divine.
(d) Certainty that the self provides the only access to divinity.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Emerson reading at the time he fell in love with Lydia Jackson?

3. How did Emerson's career change after he opened Ellen's casket?

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

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

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