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

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

3. How does Richardson characterize the development of Emerson's writing in 1834?
(a) He was finding his voice.
(b) He was escaping from the voices to which he had always listened.
(c) His poetry was developing.
(d) His lectures were discovering new territory.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Emerson's frame of mind on returning from Europe?

2. What did Emerson do for Carlyle?

3. According to Richardson, what feeling would stay with Emerson for the rest of his life, after the Norton affair?

4. How does Richardson say Emerson felt in response to the work he did for Carlyle?

5. What event threw Emerson into despair in 1840?

(see the answer key)

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