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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How did travel in Italy affect Emerson?
(a) He became suspicious of Old World philosophy.
(b) He was rejuvenated.
(c) He felt dwarfed by the history there.
(d) He was overcome with awe.

5. What idea of Emerson's influenced Richardson's biography?
(a) That some men's lives define the extremes of human experience.
(b) That the lives of great mean can tell us about all men.
(c) That men are best described by the women in their lives.
(d) That men can only be known through their historical context.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whom did Emerson's reading focus after he graduated from Harvard?

2. How did Emerson describe Ellen Tucker?

3. Who influenced Emerson during this turning point?

4. Who died in 1834?

5. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's reaction to Ellen's death?

(see the answer key)

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