The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz Questions | Quiz: Preface | Part 1, Chapter 1 Politics of Slavery, Section 1 | Part 1, Chapter 1 Politics of Slavery, Section 2 to Part 3, Chapter 7 The Pierces, Section 2 | Part 3, Chapter 7 The Pierces, Section 3 | Part 3, Chapter 7 The Pierces, Section 4

Quiz: Preface | Part 1, Chapter 1 Politics of Slavery, Section 1 | Part 1, Chapter 1 Politics of Slavery, Section 2 to Part 3, Chapter 7 The Pierces, Section 2 | Part 3, Chapter 7 The Pierces, Section 3 | Part 3, Chapter 7 The Pierces, Section 4

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Before the war, Holmes considered _________ to be the center of intellectual thinking, like his father before him.
a) Philadelphia.
b) Jamestown.
c) New York.
d) Boston.

2. ___________was a protege of George Cuvier and Alexander von Humboldt.
a) William James.
b) Louis Agassiz.
c) Samuel George Morton.
d) Henry James Jr.

3. In April of 1864, an article was published in the __________ that made him rethink his exhaustion with...
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