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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________consisted mainly of abolitionists which was shown when it enrolled 34,000 out of 37,000 available men for the war.
(a) Vermont.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) New York.
(d) New Hampshire.

2. John Dewey attended the University of Vermont and was a supporter of __________.
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Montpelier philosophy.
(c) Conservative individualism.
(d) Burlington philosophy.

3. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.
(a) Educational.
(b) Religious.
(c) Artistic.
(d) Occupational.

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

5. __________ states that since there is no unknown variable, the measurement is likely to be between the two extremes.
(a) The Law of Errors.
(b) The Bell Curve Law.
(c) The Law of Statistics.
(d) The Law of Probability.

6. William James believed that there were always more solutions to a project than a single person could create, which led to the idea of ___________.
(a) Scientific Monism.
(b) Scientific Pluralism.
(c) Polygenism.
(d) Polytheism.

7. When the expedition to Brazil returned, _________ gave lectures about evidence of the Ice Age in Brazil.
(a) Louis Agassiz.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Elisabeth Agassiz.
(d) William James.

8. __________ believed that results not logic created beliefs.
(a) Chauncy Wright.
(b) Charles Eliot.
(c) William James.
(d) Henry Buckle.

9. ____________ began with a drunken man hallucinating in a tavern. This religion later became affiliated with Mesmerism.
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Scottish Baptism.
(c) Swedenborgism.
(d) Protestantism.

10. After several political battles the school was administered by _________.
(a) Native Americans.
(b) John Wheelock.
(c) The original 12 member board of trustees.
(d) Eleazer Wheelock.

11. The military leaders during the time of the civil war were often chosen due to __________.
(a) Military training.
(b) Battle prowess.
(c) Demonstrated leadership.
(d) Political influence.

12. ___________ published many newspaper columns and books through donations or self-publication.
(a) Henry James Sr.
(b) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(c) Charles Lowell.
(d) William James.

13. William James spent a great deal of time and energy on being indecisive, but he was able to use it to create the idea of _________.
(a) Abolitionism.
(b) Separatism.
(c) Antagonism.
(d) Pragmatism.

14. In the North, people were split between the Abolitionists and the _________.
(a) Populists.
(b) Pro-slavery faction.
(c) Segregationists.
(d) Unionists.

15. The Civil War caused the beliefs of previous times to be __________.
(a) Promoted.
(b) Embraced.
(c) Respected.
(d) Discredited.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A land grant was received for the school that stipulated that it be run by __________.

3. After teaching high school in Pennsylvania, John Dewey enrolled at _________ in 1882.

4. In 1854 __________ published a two-book set entitled Types of Mankind asserting the supremacy of the white race.

5. Charles Pierce had an addiction to ______ that started due to a childhood prescription for facial neuralgia.

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