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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 The Dynamo and The Virgin (1900).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique does Henry Adams use to teach in "Failure"?
(a) Lecture.
(b) Discovery method.
(c) Socratic seminars.
(d) Historical method.

2. What failure does Henry Adams attempt to analyze in "Silence"?
(a) The failure of McKinley.
(b) The failure of Clarence King.
(c) The failure of the Titanic.
(d) The failure of the 19th century.

3. Who was NOT related to Henry Adams?
(a) Samuel Adams.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) Francis Adams.
(d) John Adams.

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

5. Who did William Gladstone try to include in his support of the South?
(a) Henry Adams.
(b) C.F. Adams.
(c) Napoleon III.
(d) Lord Russell.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Indian Summer", who is chosen to be Secretary of State?

2. In "The Perfection of Human Society", how does Henry Adams describe society that has no unity?

3. Trying to stop the English constructed rams is called what type of battle in "The Battle of the Rams"?

4. What theory does Henry Adams begin to develop?

5. Where do Henry Adams and his sister travel as soon as the armistice is declared?

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