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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27 The Height of Knowledge (1902).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of "Eccentricity", what does Henry Adams conclude about eccentricity?
(a) That it is strength.
(b) That it is weakness.
(c) That it is all a lie.
(d) That it is a joke.

2. Who did the Lairds choose to represent them?
(a) C.F. Adams.
(b) Lamar.
(c) Roebuck.
(d) Mason.

3. In "Eccentricity", what does Henry Adams say is the beginning and end of political education?
(a) The habits of the English.
(b) Knowing how to properly bribe.
(c) Knowledge of human nature.
(d) Time spent in Paris.

4. Who does Henry Adams compare Theodore Roosevelt to?
(a) Washington.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) McKinley.
(d) Grant.

5. At the end of "Chaos", what will Henry Adams position at North American Review be?
(a) Editor-in-Chief.
(b) Staff writer.
(c) Editor-at-Large.
(d) Publisher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What thought does Henry Adams distrust?

2. In "Chaos", what countries go to war?

3. Why does the president of Harvard write Henry Adams a letter?

4. According to Henry Adams in Chapter 12, who seems to be eccentric?

5. How does Henry Adams say America takes tragedy in "The Height of Knowledge"?

(see the answer key)

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