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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 9 The Metaphysical Club, Section 2 | Part 3, Chapter 9 The Metaphysical Club, Section 3 | Part 3, Chapter 9 The Metaphysical Club, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While in Brazil, ________ found the people there to be 'refined and gentlemanly' and had to reconsider previous beliefs.
(a) Louis Agassiz.
(b) George Glidden.
(c) Elizabeth Agassiz.
(d) William James.

2. Charles Pierce had an addiction to ______ that started due to a childhood prescription for facial neuralgia.
(a) Morphine.
(b) Opium.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Heroin.

3. __________ created the method of least squares in order to find the true location of the object.
(a) Pierre Laplace.
(b) Benjamin Pierce.
(c) Carl Gauss.
(d) Adrien Legendre.

4. Henry Dana, Charles Sumner and Charles Adams wanted to use the governmental system to stop the spread of slavery. They were _________.
(a) Democrats.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Conscious Whigs.
(d) Separationists.

5. Henry James Sr. preached _________ and stated that there was no room for morality.
(a) Atheism.
(b) Free love.
(c) Slavery as a virtue.
(d) Abstinence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry Sr. viewed _________ as he did everything, with a distrust of institutions.

2. ___________was a protege of George Cuvier and Alexander von Humboldt.

3. In the North, people were split between the Abolitionists and the _________.

4. ___________ disliked immigration and created a society of married women who demanded their husbands pay for housecleaning.

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

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