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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 did Emerson do when he returned from the South?
(a) Prepared to travel further abroad.
(b) Looked for a wife.
(c) Taught at Harvard.
(d) Preached itinerantly.

2. How did Emerson describe Ellen Tucker?
(a) Rhapsodic and angelic.
(b) Beautiful, with a vibrant spirit.
(c) Strong-willed and supportive.
(d) Sensitive and religious.

3. Where did Emerson move, in advance of writing Nature?
(a) His step-grandfather Ezra Ripley's house.
(b) Mary Moody Emerson's house.
(c) His brother's house.
(d) His mother's house.

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

5. How did Emerson characterize Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
(a) As a citizen of the universe.
(b) As a living instance of the world-spirit.
(c) As a voice of the people.
(d) As a man of the hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richardson say Emerson felt after the birth of his son?

2. What was Emerson's first printed work?

3. How does Richardson characterize the development of Emerson's writing in 1834?

4. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's perspective on approaching Europe?

5. What began to appear in America as a result of Charles Fourier's work?

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