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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 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.

2. What event threw Emerson into despair in 1840?
(a) The death of his son Waldo.
(b) Lidian's illness.
(c) The death of Mary Moody Emerson.
(d) The death of his brother Charles.

3. How does Richardson characterize the year 1834 in Emerson's life?
(a) The year of transition.
(b) The year of wonders.
(c) The year of trials.
(d) The turning point.

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

5. What did Jones Very claim to be?
(a) The Messiah.
(b) Insane.
(c) The first genuine American Poet.
(d) Emerson's first disciple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lidian name her first daughter?

2. What vision did Emerson have in the Jardin de Plantes in Paris?

3. How did travel in Italy affect Emerson?

4. When did Emerson meet Lydia Jackson?

5. Where did Emerson move, in advance of writing Nature?

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