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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Emerson change after opening Ellen's casket?
(a) He decided to focus on the living.
(b) He began to believe in the life of the spirit.
(c) He became morbid in his writing.
(d) He began to see the importance of scientific study.

2. How did Emerson characterize Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
(a) As a man of the hour.
(b) As a living instance of the world-spirit.
(c) As a citizen of the universe.
(d) As a voice of the people.

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

4. What was Emerson like as a student?
(a) Middling.
(b) Exceptional.
(c) Distinguished.
(d) Unsuccessful.

5. How did the event described in the Prologue change Emerson's life?
(a) He retreated into solitude.
(b) His religious beliefs took him away from the church.
(c) He secluded himself to write his first work.
(d) He gave up his independence and settled down.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings about the changes he made after Ellen's death?

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

3. How does Richardson characterize the development of Emerson's writing in 1834?

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

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

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