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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Richardson say likely caused Emerson's eye problems?
(a) Overwork.
(b) Stress.
(c) Migraines.
(d) Tuberculosis.

3. How did Emerson describe his experience of Ellen's death?
(a) It forced him to question his beliefs.
(b) It was a turning point.
(c) It was a death for him as well.
(d) It was a second birth.

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

5. Where does Richardson say Emerson's interest in religion came from?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Mary Moody Emerson.
(d) His brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's reaction to Ellen's death?

2. How did the event described in the Prologue change Emerson's life?

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

4. What troubled Emerson during his travels to the South?

5. What trouble did the Emerson family encounter around the time of Emerson's engagement?

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