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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. Who influenced Emerson during this turning point?
(a) Edward Everett.
(b) Edward Channing.
(c) Samson Reed.
(d) Mary Moody Emerson.

2. With whom did Emerson take walks after returning from Europe?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Ellery Channing.
(c) His children.
(d) Margaret Fuller.

3. What stance did Emerson take on American literature?
(a) He said that it began with him.
(b) He said that it needed to learn its history from British literature.
(c) He celebrated it.
(d) He treated it as a narrow branch of British literature.

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

5. What objection did Emerson make to Charles Fourier's utopian ideas?
(a) He was too pessimistic.
(b) He was too optimistic.
(c) He had too much faith in people.
(d) He was too dependent on science.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Emerson's meeting with Carlyle a "white day in his years"?

2. What trouble did the Emerson family encounter around the time of Emerson's engagement?

3. How does Richardson characterize the year 1834 in Emerson's life?

4. How did the event described in the Prologue change Emerson's life?

5. To what moral did Emerson point in his use of great men?

(see the answer key)

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