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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Richardson say his book illustrates in Emerson's life?
(a) His life as opposed to his reputation.
(b) His literary development.
(c) His genius and his flaws.
(d) His emotional life.

3. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's reaction to Ellen's death?
(a) He says that he realized that he had not really been in love.
(b) He says that it gave him absolute faith in the beneficence of the creator.
(c) He says that he never got over it.
(d) He says that it made him start a life-long search for religious meaning.

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

5. What trouble did the Emerson family encounter around the time of Emerson's engagement?
(a) His brother had a mental breakdown.
(b) His mother fell ill.
(c) His father died.
(d) His brother died of tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Richardson, what religious belief did Emerson turn toward while Ellen Tucker was dying?

2. When did Emerson meet Lydia Jackson?

3. Where in his career was Emerson, in the scene Richardson describes in the Prologue?

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

5. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's perspective on approaching Europe?

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