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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 vision did Emerson have in the Jardin de Plantes in Paris?
(a) He saw the future of science.
(b) He saw the cruelty of evolution.
(c) He saw the unity of all life.
(d) He saw the life of culture.

2. Who did NOT join Emerson where he was writing in 1834?
(a) His brother William.
(b) His brother Charles.
(c) Mary Moody Emerson.
(d) His mother.

3. What stance did Emerson take on American literature?
(a) He said that it began with him.
(b) He celebrated it.
(c) He treated it as a narrow branch of British literature.
(d) He said that it needed to learn its history from British literature.

4. How did "The Dial" change Emerson's writing?
(a) He stopped writing almost completely.
(b) He was writing less.
(c) He was writing shorter works.
(d) He was writing longer essays.

5. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's internal state in 1837?
(a) Placid.
(b) Tumultuous.
(c) Self-assured.
(d) Self-critical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richardson say was happening as Emerson and his brother Charles grew closer?

2. What was Emerson's first son's name?

3. How did Emerson describe Ellen Tucker?

4. What does Richardson say is the immovable anchor in Emerson's thought?

5. What publication did Emerson call a "living leaping Logos"?

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