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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 7 The Pierces, Section 5 | Part 3, Chapter 8 The Law of Errors, Section 1 | Part 3, Chapter 8 The Law of Errors, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ is the theory stating that races originate from separate sources.
(a) Polygenism.
(b) Polytheism.
(c) Monogenism.
(d) Monotheism.

2. Holmes was not present for the Battle of Fredericksburg and viewed it as _________.
(a) Proof of his convictions.
(b) Racist.
(c) A waste of humanity.
(d) A great success.

3. _________ was able to integrate polygenism into the South by linking it to Christianity.
(a) Louis Agassiz.
(b) Samuel Cartwright.
(c) George Glidden.
(d) Josiah Nott.

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

5. Whaling expeditions were often underwritten by agencies which were run by __________.
(a) Intellectuals.
(b) Protestants.
(c) Volunteers.
(d) Quakers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a(n) _________.

2. Henry James Sr. preached _________ and stated that there was no room for morality.

3. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.

4. __________ states that since there is no unknown variable, the measurement is likely to be between the two extremes.

5. ___________ felt that he was at a disadvantage because he had no formal education.

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