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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. What does Hay's work as Secretary of State remind Henry Adams?
(a) Anarchism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Communism.

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

3. In "Chaos", what countries go to war?
(a) Russia and Italy.
(b) Italy and Germany.
(c) France and Germany.
(d) Germany and Ireland.

4. In "Eccentricity", how does Henry Adams describe Bright?
(a) Poetic.
(b) Conventional.
(c) Un-English.
(d) Eccentric.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edinburgh Review do with Henry Adams' article on the Jay Gould scandal?

2. Who did the Lairds choose to represent them?

3. At the end of "Chaos", what will Henry Adams position at North American Review be?

4. How does Hay primarily use his power as Secretary of State?

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

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