This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3 The Wilderness, Section 5 | Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 1 | Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the North, people were split between the Abolitionists and the _________.
(a) Segregationists.
(b) Unionists.
(c) Populists.
(d) Pro-slavery faction.

2. _________ had more spindles of cotton than all of the eleven states of the South put together.
(a) Boston.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) Jamestown.
(d) Philadelphia.

3. The Civil War caused the beliefs of previous times to be __________.
(a) Respected.
(b) Embraced.
(c) Promoted.
(d) Discredited.

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

5. The military leaders during the time of the civil war were often chosen due to __________.
(a) Battle prowess.
(b) Demonstrated leadership.
(c) Political influence.
(d) Military training.

Short Answer Questions

1. 12 years out of school, Holmes wrote an article based on ________, the idea that if one does his job correctly and with honor, one should be fulfilled.

2. The dominant political party during the time of the Civil War was ________.

3. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Ralph Waldo Emerson worked together in order to found the ___________.

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

5. Holmes was wounded ______ times during the Civil War.

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