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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position is created for Agassiz in America?
(a) Assistant to Darwin
(b) The President's Council on Ecology
(c) President of Yale
(d) Chair of Natural History at Harvard

2. What is Harriet Beecher Stowe famous for writing?
(a) War and Peace
(b) Uncle Tom's Cabin
(c) David Copperfield
(d) Tom and Jerry

3. What did Harriet's famous book prompt?
(a) The Civil War
(b) The War of 1812
(c) The French and Indian War
(d) The Boston Tea Party

4. What subject had been an unpleasant one to Harriet since her childhood?
(a) Death penalty
(b) Illness
(c) Women's rights
(d) Slavery

5. The first essay is entitled "Journey to the top of the __________."
(a) Heap
(b) Mountain
(c) Class
(d) World

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Harriet consider guilty of slavery?

2. According to Remington the West is filled with horses, blood and _________________.

3. What is the name of Humboldt's book that inspired Charles Darwin and others?

4. From what school is the young artist forced to drop out upon the death of his father?

5. Medora is the location of what national site?

(see the answer key)

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