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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize Margaret Fuller's tone toward Emerson?
(a) Self-aggrandizing.
(b) Submissive.
(c) Persistent.
(d) Unctuous.

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's reaction to Ellen's death?
(a) He says that it made him start a life-long search for religious meaning.
(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 he realized that he had not really been in love.

3. In what religious sect was Edward Taylor active?
(a) Shouting Methodist.
(b) Unitarian.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Calvinist.

4. How does Richardson characterize the beginning of Emerson's relation with Margaret Fuller?
(a) Love at first sight.
(b) Wary distrust.
(c) Shaky.
(d) Instantaneous respect.

5. How long did Ellen Tucker and Emerson know each other before they were engaged?
(a) Two years.
(b) Less than a year.
(c) Three years.
(d) Five years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Emerson's family's economic status when Emerson was in college?

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

3. What was Emerson lecturing on while he was courting Lidian?

4. What does Richardson say his book illustrates in Emerson's life?

5. What was Emerson like as a student?

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