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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27 The Height of Knowledge (1902).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Chaos", what countries go to war?
(a) France and Germany.
(b) Germany and Ireland.
(c) Italy and Germany.
(d) Russia and Italy.

2. Why does the president of Harvard write Henry Adams a letter?
(a) To ask him to give a speach.
(b) To ask him for a donation.
(c) To ask him to teach.
(d) To ask him to get a law degree.

3. In "Eccentricity", what does Henry Adams say is the beginning and end of political education?
(a) The habits of the English.
(b) Knowing how to properly bribe.
(c) Time spent in Paris.
(d) Knowledge of human nature.

4. What does Edinburgh Review do with Henry Adams' article on the Jay Gould scandal?
(a) They reject it.
(b) They publish it reluctantly.
(c) They put it on the cover.
(d) They say they'll print it in four months.

5. Why does Henry Adams return to London in "Chaos"?
(a) To make sure his article was published.
(b) To go back to college.
(c) Because he got a new job.
(d) He needed to escape Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Henry Adams in Chapter 12, who seems to be eccentric?

2. What thought does Henry Adams distrust?

3. In "The Height of Knowledge", what happens to President McKinley?

4. In "Eccentricity", how does Henry Adams describe Bright?

5. Who did the Lairds choose to represent them?

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