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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Inner Light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richardson say was the turning point in Emerson's life?
(a) His junior year in college.
(b) His wife's death.
(c) His trip to Europe.
(d) His trip to South Carolina.

2. How did Emerson characterize Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
(a) As a living instance of the world-spirit.
(b) As a voice of the people.
(c) As a citizen of the universe.
(d) As a man of the hour.

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

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

5. In what religious sect was Edward Taylor active?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Unitarian.
(c) Calvinist.
(d) Shouting Methodist.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whom did Emerson's reading focus after he graduated from Harvard?

2. What topic did Emerson lecture on after returning home from Europe?

3. Who influenced Emerson during this turning point?

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

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

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