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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 author did Emerson find guidance during Ellen Tucker's death?
(a) Gerondo.
(b) Hume.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) de Staël.

2. How does Richardson characterize Margaret Fuller's tone toward Emerson?
(a) Submissive.
(b) Unctuous.
(c) Self-aggrandizing.
(d) Persistent.

3. What imagery filled Emerson's prose and poems in 1836?
(a) Illness and death.
(b) Forging and birth.
(c) Travel and arrival.
(d) Health and insanity.

4. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's household in 1835-1836?
(a) Bustling with ideas.
(b) Quiet with illness.
(c) Quiet with work.
(d) Shaken by crisis.

5. Which of Emerson's friendships was tested on Emerson's return from Europe?
(a) Hedge.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Fuller.
(d) Sturgis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richardson say Hafiz awoke in Emerson?

2. How does Emerson describe war in "The Peace Principle?"

3. What took Emerson to New York?

4. What does Richardson say were Emerson's feelings about marriage?

5. How long did Ellen Tucker and Emerson know each other before they were engaged?

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