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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who influenced Emerson during this turning point?
(a) Edward Everett.
(b) Edward Channing.
(c) Mary Moody Emerson.
(d) Samson Reed.

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

3. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's reaction to Ellen's death?
(a) He says that it gave him absolute faith in the beneficence of the creator.
(b) He says that he never got over it.
(c) He says that he realized that he had not really been in love.
(d) He says that it made him start a life-long search for religious meaning.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings about the changes he made after Ellen's death?

2. How did Emerson describe his experience of Ellen's death?

3. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's relationship with his brothers?

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

5. What does Richardson say was the turning point in Emerson's life?

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