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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's relationship with his brothers?
(a) Competitive.
(b) Intimate.
(c) Contentious.
(d) Distant.

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings about the changes he made after Ellen's death?
(a) Exhilaration and vision.
(b) Depression and doubt.
(c) Fear and freedom.
(d) Moderation and deliberation.

3. Where in his career was Emerson, in the scene Richardson describes in the Prologue?
(a) At the beginning.
(b) At its peak.
(c) In its decline.
(d) At rock bottom.

4. What does Richardson say was happening as Emerson and his brother Charles grew closer?
(a) Charles was leaving the church.
(b) Charles was expecting his first child.
(c) Charles' health was declining.
(d) Charles was subscribing to Emerson's new confidence about religion.

5. What view was reaffirmed, for Emerson, in reading Jakob Boehme's "Aurora?"
(a) That God is in one's own heart.
(b) That divine grace is real.
(c) That Freedom is limited by Fate.
(d) That experience is man's only freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Emerson reading of Bronson Alcott's, after settling down with Lidian?

2. What was Emerson like as a student?

3. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's second wife?

4. Where was Emerson going on Christmas Day, 1832?

5. What idea of Emerson's influenced Richardson's biography?

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