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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6 Brazil, Section 3 | Part 2, Chapter 6 Brazil, Section 4 | Part 3, Chapter 7 The Pierces, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court for _______ years.
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

2. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.
(a) Occupational.
(b) Educational.
(c) Religious.
(d) Artistic.

3. Even though he had no formal education in either, ___________ taught psychology and philosophy at Harvard.
(a) Henry James Sr.
(b) William James
(c) Bob James.
(d) Henry James Jr.

4. ___________was a protege of George Cuvier and Alexander von Humboldt.
(a) Henry James Jr.
(b) Samuel George Morton.
(c) William James.
(d) Louis Agassiz.

5. Before the war, Holmes considered _________ to be the center of intellectual thinking, like his father before him.
(a) New York.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) Jamestown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Agassiz wrote a letter to ________ stating that he had not found any real evidence of the Ice Age in South America.

2. Holmes' experiences during the war led him to believe that imposing one's beliefs would always lead to __________.

3. During the Civil War _________ spent ninety days with the Newport Artillery, but then spent the rest of the war studying medicine at Harvard.

4. William James spent a great deal of time and energy on being indecisive, but he was able to use it to create the idea of _________.

5. When the expedition to Brazil returned, _________ gave lectures about evidence of the Ice Age in Brazil.

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