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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What vow does Richardson say Emerson made to himself while he was writing Nature?
(a) To capture the divinity in print.
(b) To stay true.
(c) To make a name for himself in European literature.
(d) To stay positive.

3. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's household in 1835-1836?
(a) Shaken by crisis.
(b) Bustling with ideas.
(c) Quiet with illness.
(d) Quiet with work.

4. The Mind on Fire is the story of what?
(a) Emerson's marriage.
(b) Emerson's intellectual career.
(c) Emerson's literary development.
(d) Emerson's family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Emerson and Lidian settle down after marrying?

2. How does Richardson characterize Margaret Fuller's tone toward Emerson?

3. What view was reaffirmed, for Emerson, in reading Jakob Boehme's "Aurora?"

4. What was Emerson like as a student?

5. Where was Emerson going on Christmas Day, 1832?

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