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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 6 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 1 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Due to Henry James Sr.'s religious beliefs, his wife Mary Walsh had to resign her membership at the _________ church before their marriage.
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Scottish Baptist.
(c) Swedenborgian.
(d) Presbyterian.

2. ________ was an officer in the Union Army and was known to many as Captain for the rest of his life.
(a) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(b) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
(c) William James.
(d) John Dewey.

3. Holmes was wounded ______ times during the Civil War.
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

4. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Ralph Waldo Emerson worked together in order to found the ___________.
(a) Boston Gazette.
(b) Harvard Magazine.
(c) Atlantic Monthly.
(d) New Yorker.

5. ___________ felt that he was at a disadvantage because he had no formal education.
(a) Wilky James.
(b) Bob James.
(c) Henry James Jr.
(d) William James.

Short Answer Questions

1. William James was an extreme ________ like his father, but disagreed with many of his father's ideals.

2. ____________ began with a drunken man hallucinating in a tavern. This religion later became affiliated with Mesmerism.

3. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.

4. After Holmes returned to the army following the Battle of Fredericksburg, there was a new regiment created of black volunteers, the __________.

5. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court for _______ years.

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