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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. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.
(a) Lovejoy.
(b) Phillips.
(c) Holmes Sr.
(d) James.

2. The war had been compared to _________ and the Union soldiers rallied themselves around it.
(a) The storming of the Bastille.
(b) The Crusades.
(c) The War of Independence.
(d) The Trojan War.

3. During the Civil War _________ spent ninety days with the Newport Artillery, but then spent the rest of the war studying medicine at Harvard.
(a) Henry Abbott.
(b) William James.
(c) Charles Lowell.
(d) Henry James.

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

5. Henry James Sr. became involved with all of the following religious groups except _________.
(a) Primitive Christians.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Swedenborgism.
(d) Scottish Baptists.

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. Holmes was not present for the Battle of Fredericksburg and viewed it as _________.

3. The Battle of the Wilderness was fought by generals Lee and ________.

4. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.

5. The Battle of the Wilderness claimed 60,000 lives and was fought over the span of _________.

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