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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clarence King do in Arizona?
(a) Teach at a new college.
(b) Retire.
(c) Write a book.
(d) Raise horses.

2. How does Henry Adams say America takes tragedy in "The Height of Knowledge"?
(a) With a grain of salt.
(b) Seriously.
(c) Lightly.
(d) Personally.

3. What does Henry Adams compare the passing of centuries to in "Vis Nova"?
(a) Snow falling.
(b) Autumn leaves dropping.
(c) The tide rising and falling.
(d) Flowers wilting.

4. Who is the author of "The Grammar of Science"?
(a) Hay.
(b) Stallo.
(c) Pearson.
(d) Adams.

5. What image does Henry Adams say is needed in "A Law of Acceleration"?
(a) A new centre.
(b) A new leader.
(c) A new history.
(d) A new bridge.

6. Henry Adams says that even though he has looked at art in Art Museums he doesn't know what?
(a) How to analyze art.
(b) How to make his own art.
(c) How to buy art as an investment.
(d) How to look at art exhibits in 1900.

7. The dictionary says that inertia is a property of what?
(a) Matter.
(b) Space.
(c) Time.
(d) Movement.

8. What thought does Henry Adams distrust?
(a) Russian.
(b) French.
(c) American.
(d) English.

9. Where does Henry Adams travel to first in "Teufelsdrtzck"?
(a) Stockholm.
(b) Russia.
(c) Bayreuth.
(d) Paris.

10. Henry Adams predicts that if science keeps doubling its complexities, what will succumb?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Literature.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Humans.

11. What war breaks out in "Indian Summer"?
(a) World War I.
(b) The War of 1812.
(c) The Spanish-American War.
(d) The French-Indian War.

12. In "Vis Nova", when did Henry Adams return to Washington, DC?
(a) After the war started.
(b) After Christmas.
(c) In the spring.
(d) Before Thanksgiving.

13. When Henry Adams returns to New York in "Nunc Age", what has grown in the city?
(a) Worry.
(b) Prosperity.
(c) Religion.
(d) Homelessness.

14. What failure does Henry Adams attempt to analyze in "Silence"?
(a) The failure of Clarence King.
(b) The failure of the Titanic.
(c) The failure of the 19th century.
(d) The failure of McKinley.

15. How does Henry Adams say his dynamic theory of history began?
(a) With a dream.
(b) With little hope.
(c) With an observation.
(d) With a question.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaced their minister in London in "Vis Inertiae"?

2. Why did Henry Adams go to Washington, DC in "Nunc Age"?

3. In "Twenty Years After", who is running for presidency?

4. What technique does Henry Adams use to teach in "Failure"?

5. Where does Henry Adams travel in "The Abyss of Ignorance"?

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