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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 "The Dial?"
(a) As Emerson's mouthpiece.
(b) As mostly comprised of Emerson's work.
(c) As the work that inspired Emerson.
(d) As forward looking but also memorializing the dead.

2. What did Emerson praise in the essay based on Alec Therien?
(a) The different types of men.
(b) The common man.
(c) The exceptional man.
(d) The representative man.

3. What vision did Emerson have in the Jardin de Plantes in Paris?
(a) He saw the unity of all life.
(b) He saw the future of science.
(c) He saw the life of culture.
(d) He saw the cruelty of evolution.

4. Who did NOT join Emerson where he was writing in 1834?
(a) His brother William.
(b) Mary Moody Emerson.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother Charles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Emerson meet Lydia Jackson?

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings?

3. With whom did Emerson take walks after returning from Europe?

4. What publication did Emerson call a "living leaping Logos"?

5. What was Emerson's response to the publicity that arose from Andrews Norton's article?

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