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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did travel in Italy affect Emerson?
(a) He became suspicious of Old World philosophy.
(b) He felt dwarfed by the history there.
(c) He was overcome with awe.
(d) He was rejuvenated.

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

3. Where was Emerson going on Christmas Day, 1832?
(a) Boston.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) New York.
(d) Europe.

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. What idea of Emerson's influenced Richardson's biography?
(a) That the lives of great mean can tell us about all men.
(b) That some men's lives define the extremes of human experience.
(c) That men are best described by the women in their lives.
(d) That men can only be known through their historical context.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did Emerson share a faith with Mary Rotch and the Quakers?

2. How long did Ellen Tucker and Emerson know each other before they were engaged?

3. How did Emerson characterize Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

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

5. What practice did Emerson begin in college?

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