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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Richardson say was happening as Emerson and his brother Charles grew closer?
(a) Charles was expecting his first child.
(b) Charles was leaving the church.
(c) Charles' health was declining.
(d) Charles was subscribing to Emerson's new confidence about religion.

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

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

5. Who came to live with Emerson after his brother Charles died?
(a) Elizabeth Hoar.
(b) Margaret Fuller.
(c) Ellery Channing.
(d) Caroline Sturgis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died in 1834?

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

5. How does Richardson characterize Emerson as a reader?

(see the answer key)

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