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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Richardson say Emerson and his brothers got their most profound education?
(a) Their father.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Mary Moody Emerson.
(d) Ruth Haskins.

3. What practice did Emerson begin in college?
(a) Sending money to his mother.
(b) Holding dinner parties for intellectuals.
(c) Keeping a journal.
(d) Writing poetry.

4. How did Emerson's career change after he opened Ellen's casket?
(a) He was ordained.
(b) He published argumentative tracts questioning the reality of religious rituals.
(c) He devoted himself more than ever to his preaching.
(d) He left the church.

5. On whom did Emerson's reading focus after he graduated from Harvard?
(a) Scottish Common Sense philosophers.
(b) Romantic poets.
(c) German Transcendentalists.
(d) Platonic philosophers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Emerson's family's economic status when Emerson was in college?

4. What does Richardson say his book illustrates in Emerson's life?

5. What was Emerson like as a student?

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