2. What was Emerson's first printed work?
(a) A speech on Concord's bicentennial.
(b) The Divinity School Address.
(c) Essays.
(d) Nature.

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

4. How did Emerson's career change after he opened Ellen's casket?
(a) He left the church.
(b) He devoted himself more than ever to his preaching.
(c) He was ordained.
(d) He published argumentative tracts questioning the reality of religious rituals.

5. Who was Emerson reading at the time he fell in love with Lydia Jackson?
(a) Hume.
(b) Fuller.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Goethe.

6. Where did Emerson and Lidian settle down after marrying?
(a) Concord.
(b) Boston.
(c) Walden Pond.
(d) Cambridge.

7. What idea did Emerson return to many times after giving his speech on American Scholar?
(a) The unity of things.
(b) The omnipotence of God.
(c) The uniqueness of America.
(d) The importance of marriage.

8. What was the Transcendental Club?
(a) A salon.
(b) A school.
(c) A symposium.
(d) A lecture series.

9. Where in his career was Emerson, in the scene Richardson describes in the Prologue?
(a) At the beginning.
(b) In its decline.
(c) At its peak.
(d) At rock bottom.

10. What was Emerson's first son's name?
(a) Henry.
(b) Waldo.
(c) Charles.
(d) Edward.

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

12. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's second wife?
(a) Reserved and self-critical.
(b) Wryly humorous and occasionally depressed.
(c) Tender and passionate but sometimes anxious.
(d) Devout and lyrical but sometimes full of doubts.

13. The Mind on Fire is the story of what?
(a) Emerson's marriage.
(b) Emerson's literary development.
(c) Emerson's intellectual career.
(d) Emerson's family.

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

15. What does Richardson say was the turning point in Emerson's life?
(a) His wife's death.
(b) His trip to South Carolina.
(c) His junior year in college.
(d) His trip to Europe.