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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize Margaret Fuller's tone toward Emerson?
(a) Self-aggrandizing.
(b) Submissive.
(c) Unctuous.
(d) Persistent.

2. How does Richardson describe Emerson as a young boy?
(a) Self-critical and motivated.
(b) Talented and ambitious.
(c) Silly and unpromising.
(d) Full of doubts.

3. On what theme did Emerson's letters and journals begin to focus after Margaret Fuller's death?
(a) Self-reliance.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Time.
(d) The sea.

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

5. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's relation to other writers?
(a) He is terrified before each of them, and has to figure out how to defend himself against their work.
(b) He is greater than them, and finds himself in each of them.
(c) He is afraid of his own attraction to others' ideas, and learns to protect against his identification with others.
(d) He assimilates the best part of each work, and discards the rest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Osman?

2. Whose coffin did Emerson open toward the end of his life?

3. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's works after he turned forty?

4. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feeling about the essay "The Poet?"

5. Who was Emerson reading at the time he fell in love with Lydia Jackson?

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