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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What topic did Emerson lecture on after returning home from Europe?
(a) Literature.
(b) Science.
(c) Religion.
(d) Biography.

4. What was the Transcendental Club founded to discuss?
(a) The future of America.
(b) The nature of God.
(c) The state of intellect in the U.S.
(d) The possibility of transcendence.

5. Where did Emerson and Lidian settle down after marrying?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Boston.
(c) Concord.
(d) Walden Pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Emerson suffer in 1837?

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson as a reader?

3. The Mind on Fire is the story of what?

4. How does Richardson characterize the beginning of Emerson's relation with Margaret Fuller?

5. When did Emerson meet Lydia Jackson?

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