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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Free Soil Party get from the Democrats when a Democrat became governor of Massachusetts?
(a) A position in the Massachusetts courts.
(b) A Senate seat.
(c) Five hundred dollars.
(d) They got kicked out of Massachusetts.

2. When Henry Adams returns to Boston in "Free Fight", what part of the scandal does he choose to write about?
(a) Jay Gould.
(b) Gold.
(c) Railways.
(d) President Grant.

3. When Henry Adams begins his work in finance in "Darwinism", what does he suggest happen with U.S. currency?
(a) That it should be green.
(b) That is should be restrained.
(c) That it is left alone.
(d) That they should release more.

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

5. What do people hope Grant will do as president of the United States?
(a) Reform the government.
(b) Lower taxes.
(c) Improve the infrastructure.
(d) Give money to the poor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Henry Adams' education like in Berlin?

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

4. In "Washington", how does Henry Adams describe the South?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Charles Sumner a hero to Henry Adams?

2. What does Henry Adams say about impossibilities and his life in "A Law of Acceleration"?

3. What is the goal of a Conservative Christian Anarchist?

4. How does Henry Adams describe the "anti-slavery doctrinaires"?

5. What happened to Henry Adams' political biases at Harvard?

6. According to Henry Adams, what are "The Dynamo and The Virgin"?

7. How does Henry Adams teach his classes at Harvard and why?

8. What role did the eccentrics play in the Civil War?

9. In "Silence", why does Henry Adams say he should remain silent?

10. How does Henry Adams define the role of the church and what it condemned in "A Dynamic Theory of History"?

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