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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29 Vis Inertiae (1903).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Abyss of Ignorance", Henry Adams says that philosophers have stood where for thousands of years?
(a) On a cliff above the valley.
(b) On the shore of a sunless sea.
(c) On their toes.
(d) On the highest ground in town.

2. In "The Battle of the Rams", why does Lord Russell often say he can not intervene?
(a) To stall until the rams can be completed.
(b) To prove that he is neutral.
(c) To get C.F. Adams on his side.
(d) To down play his power in the war.

3. Why do Henry Adams and his friends attend Harvard?
(a) Social connections.
(b) They have free tuition.
(c) Good education.
(d) Their fathers went there.

4. What is Sumner trying to accomplish in regards to foreign policy in "Free Fight"?
(a) To have control of Canada.
(b) To have control of Mexico.
(c) To start trade with Britain.
(d) To purchase the Virgin Islands.

5. Why does the president of Harvard write Henry Adams a letter?
(a) To ask him to get a law degree.
(b) To ask him for a donation.
(c) To ask him to teach.
(d) To ask him to give a speach.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who publishes Henry Adams' finished piece on the Gould scandal?

3. Where did Henry Adams go in "The Dynamo and The Virgin" to try to gain knowledge?

4. Henry Adams says that unity is is a scientific analysis commonly called what?

5. What did Henry Adams see the dynamo as a symbol of?

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