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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. What was Emerson's first printed work?
(a) Nature.
(b) Essays.
(c) The Divinity School Address.
(d) A speech on Concord's bicentennial.

2. What idea of Hegel's did Emerson discover on returning from Europe?
(a) The importance of history.
(b) The importance of community.
(c) The importance of marriage.
(d) The importance of the heroic individual.

3. What did Emerson turn his house into?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A library.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A boardinghouse.

4. What was the Transcendental Club?
(a) A symposium.
(b) A lecture series.
(c) A school.
(d) A salon.

5. How did Emerson portray great men?
(a) As proto-Americans.
(b) As heroes.
(c) As demi-gods.
(d) As educators.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did "The Dial" change Emerson's writing?

2. Who came to live with Emerson after his brother Charles died?

3. What was the subject of Emerson's speech at Dartmouth?

4. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's exterior personality?

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

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