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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose coffin did Emerson open toward the end of his life?
(a) Mary Moody Emerson's.
(b) Waldo's.
(c) His mother's.
(d) Ellen's.

2. What was Emerson reading of Bronson Alcott's, after settling down with Lidian?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Views of childhood.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Theories of education.

3. In what way did many of Emerson's friends affect him in the 1860s and 70s?
(a) By celebrating his accomplishments.
(b) By dying before him.
(c) By leaving him over time.
(d) By introducing him to new friends.

4. How did Emerson change after opening Ellen's casket?
(a) He began to see the importance of scientific study.
(b) He began to believe in the life of the spirit.
(c) He decided to focus on the living.
(d) He became morbid in his writing.

5. How does Richardson characterize the development of Emerson's writing in 1834?
(a) His poetry was developing.
(b) He was finding his voice.
(c) His lectures were discovering new territory.
(d) He was escaping from the voices to which he had always listened.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whom did Emerson's reading focus after he graduated from Harvard?

2. What was Emerson's relationship with his reading?

3. Which of these concerns did NOT burden Emerson in 1847?

4. What event threw Emerson into despair in 1840?

5. How does Richardson characterize Sufism?

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