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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. How did Margaret Fuller Ossoli die?
(a) Murder.
(b) Shipwreck.
(c) Childbirth.
(d) Illness.

2. What trouble did the Emerson family encounter around the time of Emerson's engagement?
(a) His father died.
(b) His brother had a mental breakdown.
(c) His brother died of tuberculosis.
(d) His mother fell ill.

3. What brought Emerson to Europe?
(a) Visits in Italy.
(b) Invitations to write in Malta.
(c) Curiosity to travel in Greece.
(d) A lecture tour in England.

4. How did Emerson describe his experience of Ellen's death?
(a) It was a second birth.
(b) It forced him to question his beliefs.
(c) It was a turning point.
(d) It was a death for him as well.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea of the author's does Richardson say Emerson followed "surprisingly far?"

2. What did Emerson turn his house into?

3. How does Richardson characterize Emerson's relation to other writers?

4. Who was Emerson reading at the time he fell in love with Lydia Jackson?

5. Who does Emerson say he had always considered his best friend?

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