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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 response to the invitation to join Brook Farm?
(a) He never responded, but let the matter fall.
(b) He declined.
(c) He delayed.
(d) He joined.

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings?
(a) That he wanted more freedom than he had.
(b) That he had no control over his life.
(c) That he would never compensate for his losses.
(d) That he had accomplished nothing.

3. In what way did Emerson share a faith with Mary Rotch and the Quakers?
(a) Both believed in the unity of the world-spirit.
(b) Both believed that religion was about to be reinvented for modern times.
(c) Both believed that the inner spirit took precedence over the Bible and external religion.
(d) Both believed in the necessity of deep and prolonged religious study.

4. What idea of the author's does Richardson say Emerson followed "surprisingly far?"
(a) Disregard for individuality.
(b) Faith in evolutionary processes.
(c) Doubt about the possibility of transcendent experience.
(d) Respect for historical determinism.

5. What political contest was becoming serious after Emerson's return from Europe?
(a) Abolition.
(b) Westward expansion.
(c) Suffrage.
(d) International trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings on returning to America?

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

3. Who did NOT join Emerson where he was writing in 1834?

4. Who was Emerson reading at the time he fell in love with Lydia Jackson?

5. How did Margaret Fuller Ossoli die?

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