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

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings on returning to America?
(a) Anxious about finding his family well.
(b) Depressed about coming home.
(c) Despairing about finding a career.
(d) Impatient to begin new work.

3. What publication did Emerson call a "living leaping Logos"?
(a) Alcott's "Conversations with Children about the Gospels."
(b) Nature.
(c) Fuller's translation of Eckermann's "Conversations with Goethe."
(d) Hedge's manifesto.

4. How does Richardson characterize the year 1834 in Emerson's life?
(a) The year of wonders.
(b) The year of transition.
(c) The turning point.
(d) The year of trials.

5. When did Emerson meet Lydia Jackson?
(a) 1836.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1834.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mind on Fire is the story of what?

2. What was Emerson's relationship with his reading?

3. What career paths was Emerson torn between?

4. What does Richardson say likely caused Emerson's eye problems?

5. How does Richardson characterize the development of Emerson's writing in 1834?

(see the answer key)

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