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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry Adams begin to collect in "Dilettamtism"?
(a) Artwork.
(b) Silk.
(c) Coins.
(d) Ancient artifacts.

2. What new age does Henry Adams find when he returns to the United States in "The Press"?
(a) An age ruled by scientific reason.
(b) An age powered by steam and coal.
(c) An age governed by God.
(d) An age of chaos.

3. Who publishes Henry Adams' finished piece on the Gould scandal?
(a) New York Times.
(b) North American Review.
(c) Edinburgh Review.
(d) English Monthly.

4. In "Treason", who does Henry Adams say needs an education?
(a) Himself.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) John Hay.
(d) Charles Sumner.

5. At the end of "Eccentricity", what does Henry Adams conclude about eccentricity?
(a) That it is weakness.
(b) That it is a joke.
(c) That it is all a lie.
(d) That it is strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Perfection of Human Society", how does Henry Adams describe society that has no unity?

2. Who is John Hay when Henry Adams first meets him?

3. Where do Henry Adams and his sister travel as soon as the armistice is declared?

4. What seems to represent the future of the United States in "The Press"?

5. What is Henry Adams plan called "Sessions"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Henry Adams' political biases at Harvard?

2. What does Henry Adams try to achieve in his working life in "President Grant"?

3. In "Twilight", what makes Henry Adams feel that his generation seems to be ending?

4. What does Henry Adams say about impossibilities and his life in "A Law of Acceleration"?

5. In "Twenty Years After", what does Henry Adams observe about the new generation?

6. What makes Henry Adams feel that no art authority knows more than he does?

7. How did Henry Adams' work in finance in "Darwinism" build a future career?

8. In "Silence", why does Henry Adams say he should remain silent?

9. Why does Henry Adams feel he can no longer work in diplomacy?

10. What does Henry Adams say about governments and education at the end of "The Height of Knowledge"?

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