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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. When did Emerson meet Lydia Jackson?
(a) 1829.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1834.
(d) 1836.

2. How did Emerson's views on individuality and idealism respond to the immense cultural changes of the 1840s, according to Richardson?
(a) They stayed the same.
(b) They were tempered by doubts.
(c) They became more optimistic.
(d) They became more realistic.

3. What does Emerson say reality is masked by?
(a) Daily routines.
(b) Culture.
(c) Human sinfulness.
(d) Imagination.

4. What does Emerson try to connect ecstasy to in his essay on ecstasy?
(a) Nature.
(b) History.
(c) Sex.
(d) Language.

5. How does Richardson say Emerson felt in response to the work he did for Carlyle?
(a) Humbled so that he could not write.
(b) Inspired to write poetry.
(c) Afraid of failure and competition.
(d) Motivated to write his own essays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lidian name her first daughter?

2. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's internal state in 1837?

3. How did Emerson describe Ellen Tucker?

4. What troubled Emerson during his travels to the South?

5. What was Emerson's hobby?

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