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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Battle of the Wilderness claimed 60,000 lives and was fought over the span of _________.
(a) 30 days.
(b) 20 days.
(c) 40 days.
(d) 60 days.

2. Many Southerners and Northerners found a problem with _________ because it seemed to contradict Genesis.
(a) Polytheism.
(b) Types of Mankind.
(c) Polygenism.
(d) Monogenism.

3. ____________ lobbied Congress to help create a National Academy of Science.
(a) Charles Darwin and Louis Agassiz.
(b) Josiah Nott and Benjamin Pierce.
(c) Charles Pierce and Louis Agassiz.
(d) Benjamin Pierce and Louis Agassiz.

4. Which person was not a member of the 'Septum'?
(a) Chauncy Wright.
(b) Charles Eliot.
(c) Ephraim Gurney.
(d) Henry Buckle.

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

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

7. What planet's discovery did Benjamin Pierce call 'a happy accident'
(a) Pluto.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Saturn.

8. After teaching high school in Pennsylvania, John Dewey enrolled at _________ in 1882.
(a) Johns Hopkins University.
(b) Lawrence Scientific School.
(c) Harvard Medical School.
(d) Oxford University.

9. William James concluded from his trip to Brazil that the effects of race and circumstances depend on a person's __________.
(a) Adaptability.
(b) Temperament.
(c) Personality.
(d) Upbringing.

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

11. The dominant political party during the time of the Civil War was ________.
(a) Democratic Party.
(b) Republican Party.
(c) Whig Party.
(d) Independent Party

12. Henry James had a relationship with _________ who like him disliked institutionalization and systems.
(a) Henry Abbott.
(b) Charles Lowell.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

13. The war had been compared to _________ and the Union soldiers rallied themselves around it.
(a) The Crusades.
(b) The War of Independence.
(c) The storming of the Bastille.
(d) The Trojan War.

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

15. ___________was a physician from Montgomery, Alabama that did not agree with slavery but was afraid of Black people.
(a) George Glidden.
(b) Louis Agassiz.
(c) Josiah Nott.
(d) William James.

Short Answer Questions

1. Holmes was not present for the Battle of Fredericksburg and viewed it as _________.

2. While in Brazil, ________ found the people there to be 'refined and gentlemanly' and had to reconsider previous beliefs.

3. ___________ published many newspaper columns and books through donations or self-publication.

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

5. Holmes' experiences during the war led him to believe that imposing one's beliefs would always lead to __________.

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