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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. Whose book impressed Emerson during his travels?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Margaret Fuller.
(c) Carlyle.
(d) Quetelet.

2. Why was Emerson's meeting with Carlyle a "white day in his years"?
(a) He and Carlyle challenged each other to define a new philosophy for the modern age.
(b) He and Carlyle discovered a deep and productive antagonism.
(c) He and Carlyle became fast friends.
(d) He and Carlyle discovered that they were related.

3. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's perspective on approaching Europe?
(a) He became a free-floating individual without a country.
(b) He became a citizen of the world.
(c) He abandoned his identity.
(d) He became a 'defensive American.'

4. What did Emerson do for Carlyle?
(a) Provide a subsidy.
(b) Publish his work in America.
(c) Edit his work.
(d) Halt a pirated copy of his work.

5. Who does Richardson credit with the birth of American Transcendentalism?
(a) Jones Very.
(b) Frederic Hedge.
(c) Bronson Alcott.
(d) Emerson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's feelings?

2. What political contest was becoming serious after Emerson's return from Europe?

3. What event threw Emerson into despair in 1840?

4. In what realization of Pythagoras' was Emerson interested?

5. What topic did Emerson lecture on after returning home from Europe?

(see the answer key)

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