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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. In what cause did Emerson involve himself?
(a) Preventing Cruelty to Animals.
(b) Indian affairs.
(c) Women's suffrage.
(d) Anti-slavery.

2. By what work of Emerson's was Jones Very impassioned?
(a) Circles.
(b) The Divinity School Address.
(c) Nature.
(d) The American Scholar.

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

4. What influence does Richardson say has helped Emerson's writing?
(a) His public speaking.
(b) His loss of Ellen Tucker.
(c) His travels.
(d) His reading.

5. What does Richardson say is the immovable anchor in Emerson's thought?
(a) That man can know God's mind.
(b) That individuality is divinity.
(c) That the mind is unique in history.
(d) That the mind is connected to everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are we introduced to Emerson in the Prologue?

2. What was the Transcendental Club?

3. Where was Emerson going on Christmas Day, 1832?

4. What did Emerson discover on reuniting with Carlyle?

5. What was the Transcendental Club founded to discuss?

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