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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 6 | Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Agassiz wrote a letter to ________ stating that he had not found any real evidence of the Ice Age in South America.
(a) Benjamin Pierce.
(b) William James.
(c) Alonzo Potter.
(d) Charles Darwin.

2. Charles Pierce taught a ________ class in the fall of 1883 and spring of 1884 during which he announced the formation of the Metaphysical Club.
(a) Psychology.
(b) Metaphysics.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Logic.

3. The Battle of the Wilderness was fought by generals Lee and ________.
(a) Wright.
(b) Grant.
(c) McClellan.
(d) 'Stonewall Jackson.'

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) Separationists.
(d) Conscious Whigs.

5. In September of 1876 __________ died of an overdose at the age of 46.
(a) William James.
(b) Charles Eliot.
(c) Chauncy Wright.
(d) Nicholas St. John Green.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Even though he had no formal education in either, ___________ taught psychology and philosophy at Harvard.

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

4. Due to Henry James Sr.'s religious beliefs, his wife Mary Walsh had to resign her membership at the _________ church before their marriage.

5. ___________was a physician from Montgomery, Alabama that did not agree with slavery but was afraid of Black people.

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