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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Children of the Fire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richardson say is the immovable anchor in Emerson's thought?
(a) That the mind is connected to everything.
(b) That the mind is unique in history.
(c) That man can know God's mind.
(d) That individuality is divinity.

2. What was Emerson's first printed work?
(a) Nature.
(b) Essays.
(c) The Divinity School Address.
(d) A speech on Concord's bicentennial.

3. What did Emerson suffer in 1837?
(a) The loss of his wife.
(b) Economic troubles.
(c) The death of his brother.
(d) The loss of his son.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was Emerson the editor of "The Dial?"

2. What stance did Emerson take on American literature?

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

4. What does Emerson say reality is masked by?

5. In what way did Emerson try to form a commune?

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