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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) Platonic philosophers.
(b) Romantic poets.
(c) Scottish Common Sense philosophers.
(d) German Transcendentalists.

2. Where did Emerson travel from South Carolina?
(a) Florida.
(b) New York.
(c) Europe.
(d) New England.

3. What view was reaffirmed, for Emerson, in reading Jakob Boehme's "Aurora?"
(a) That God is in one's own heart.
(b) That divine grace is real.
(c) That Freedom is limited by Fate.
(d) That experience is man's only freedom.

4. What influence does Richardson say has helped Emerson's writing?
(a) His public speaking.
(b) His reading.
(c) His travels.
(d) His loss of Ellen Tucker.

5. What was the title of Emerson's first sermon?
(a) "The Wreck of All Earthly Good."
(b) "Pray without Ceasing."
(c) "Self-Reliance."
(d) "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did Emerson share a faith with Mary Rotch and the Quakers?

2. Why was Emerson's meeting with Carlyle a "white day in his years"?

3. What practice did Emerson begin in college?

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

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

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