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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 Twenty Years After (1892).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Treason", who does Henry Adams say needs an education?
(a) Charles Sumner.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Himself.
(d) John Hay.

2. Who publishes Henry Adams' finished piece on the Gould scandal?
(a) North American Review.
(b) English Monthly.
(c) Edinburgh Review.
(d) New York Times.

3. What position does Lincoln give Charles Francis Adams?
(a) Personal assistant.
(b) Supreme Court Justice.
(c) Minister to England.
(d) Secretary of State.

4. What happens to a letter Henry Adams wrote to his brother in "Diplomacy"?
(a) It is read by his father instead.
(b) It is lost in the mail.
(c) It is turned into anti-war propaganda.
(d) It is printed by a paper and satarized.

5. Why does Henry Adams feel that study of the Law is closed to him?
(a) Because he does not respect the law.
(b) Because of his lack of knowledge of law.
(c) Because his grandfather was a bad lawyer.
(d) Because of his time spent in diplomacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John Hay when Henry Adams first meets him?

2. Where is Henry Adams celebrated in "The Battle of the Rams"?

3. In "Free Fight", why did the Executive Branch attack the Supreme Court?

4. What does Henry Adams call "the last refuge of the educated poor"?

5. In "Twenty Years After", Henry Adams says the world is no longer what?

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