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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 Foes and Friends (1862).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Henry Adams moves to Dresden, which two countries start a war?
(a) Italy and France.
(b) Germany and France.
(c) Russia and Germany.
(d) The United States and Japan.

2. During Chapter 2, "Boston", what plays the biggest role in Henry Adams' education?
(a) His father.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Anti-slavery groups.
(d) The church.

3. What almost killed Henry Adams when he was eight?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) The British.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) A dog.

4. Who is John Hay when Henry Adams first meets him?
(a) A teacher.
(b) An old newspaper reporter.
(c) A new congressman.
(d) A young, private secretary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry Adams feel correlates with the winter?

2. How does Charles Swinbourne awe Henry Adams?

3. Who is the English Foreign Secretary?

4. What did Henry Adams' father's political party have to do to gain power?

5. What did the Free Soil Party get from the Democrats when a Democrat became governor of Massachusetts?

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