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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. How does the English Prime Minister try to turn Parliament against the United States in "Foes and Friends"?
(a) With blackmail.
(b) With a note.
(c) With a long speech.
(d) With money.

2. In "President Grant", what paper does Henry Adams write finance articles for in an attempt to get on staff?
(a) Washington Review.
(b) North American Review.
(c) Mid-American Review.
(d) Edinburgh Review.

3. In "Political Morality", what position is Henry Adams almost promoted to?
(a) Assistant Secretary.
(b) Associate Secretary.
(c) Speaker of the Legation.
(d) Head of the Legation.

4. How did C.F. Adams' success in the Battle of the Rams impact his and Henry Adams' lives?
(a) They were kicked out of social clubs.
(b) They earned titles in England.
(c) They were granted a higher social position.
(d) They were given money as a reward.

5. During Chapter 2, "Boston", what plays the biggest role in Henry Adams' education?
(a) Yale University.
(b) The church.
(c) Anti-slavery groups.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry Adams describe English society in "The Perfection of Human Society"?

2. When Henry Adams returns to Boston in "Free Fight", what part of the scandal does he choose to write about?

3. What does Henry Adams do to learn German in "Berlin"?

4. What is Sumner trying to accomplish in regards to foreign policy in "Free Fight"?

5. What almost killed Henry Adams when he was eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disappoints Henry Adams about President Grant?

2. How does Henry Adams teach his classes at Harvard and why?

3. What happens at Cambridge House in "Foes and Friends"?

4. In the beginning of "A Law of Acceleration", how does Henry Adams describe images?

5. According to Henry Adams, what are "The Dynamo and The Virgin"?

6. Why did Henry Adams take an interest in statistics?

7. What type of "new man" did New York demand in "Nunc Age" and why?

8. Why is Charles Sumner a hero to Henry Adams?

9. When Henry Adams visits the Coutinces in France to see the Virgin, what does he discover?

10. According to Henry Adams, what type of American should not even think of English society?

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