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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Science of Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's internal state in 1837?
(a) Self-critical.
(b) Tumultuous.
(c) Self-assured.
(d) Placid.

2. Where did Emerson move, in advance of writing Nature?
(a) His brother's house.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) His step-grandfather Ezra Ripley's house.
(d) Mary Moody Emerson's house.

3. To what moral did Emerson point in his use of great men?
(a) That there are no common people.
(b) That uniqueness is a burden only strong men can bear.
(c) That all men are representative of their race and times.
(d) That common men are qualitatively different from exceptional men.

4. How was Emerson's 1837 speech at Harvard on the American Scholar received?
(a) With gifts.
(b) With relief.
(c) With hostility.
(d) With celebration.

5. What trouble did the Emerson family encounter around the time of Emerson's engagement?
(a) His brother died of tuberculosis.
(b) His mother fell ill.
(c) His father died.
(d) His brother had a mental breakdown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came to live with Emerson after his brother Charles died?

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's relation to other writers?

3. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's reaction to Ellen's death?

4. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's career as a lecturer?

5. What career paths was Emerson torn between?

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