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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. What was Emerson's frame of mind on returning from Europe?
(a) Unhappy, almost angry.
(b) Filled with doubts about his philosophy.
(c) Delighted, at the peak of his career.
(d) Disappointed, haunted by possibilities.

2. How did Margaret Fuller Ossoli die?
(a) Illness.
(b) Childbirth.
(c) Murder.
(d) Shipwreck.

3. Who does Emerson say he had always considered his best friend?
(a) Fuller.
(b) Lidian.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Ellen.

4. What publication did Emerson call a "living leaping Logos"?
(a) Alcott's "Conversations with Children about the Gospels."
(b) Hedge's manifesto.
(c) Fuller's translation of Eckermann's "Conversations with Goethe."
(d) Nature.

5. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings on returning to America?
(a) Anxious about finding his family well.
(b) Impatient to begin new work.
(c) Depressed about coming home.
(d) Despairing about finding a career.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose book impressed Emerson during his travels?

3. Who died in 1834?

4. What does Emerson try to connect ecstasy to in his essay on ecstasy?

5. What does Richardson say motivated Emerson's feelings about Brook Farm?

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