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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Emerson call his house after he changed how it was used?
(a) The Homestead.
(b) The Bush Community.
(c) Brook Farm.
(d) Erehwon.

2. Who does Emerson say he had always considered his best friend?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Lidian.
(d) Fuller.

3. What was Emerson's first son's name?
(a) Henry.
(b) Edward.
(c) Waldo.
(d) Charles.

4. What was the title of Emerson's first sermon?
(a) "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
(b) "Pray without Ceasing."
(c) "Self-Reliance."
(d) "The Wreck of All Earthly Good."

5. What were Emerson's religious beliefs tending toward, at the time of his ordination?
(a) Uncertainty about the nature of the divine.
(b) Doubts regarding divine grace.
(c) Certainty that the self provides the only access to divinity.
(d) Certainty that divine grace is the only avenue to redemption.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea of Hegel's did Emerson discover on returning from Europe?

2. What was the Transcendental Club?

3. How did Emerson describe Ellen Tucker?

4. Where in his career was Emerson, in the scene Richardson describes in the Prologue?

5. How does Richardson say Emerson felt in response to the work he did for Carlyle?

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