The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6 Brazil, Section 3 | Part 2, Chapter 6 Brazil, Section 4 | Part 3, Chapter 7 The Pierces, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.
(a) Phillips.
(b) Holmes Sr.
(c) Lovejoy.
(d) James.

2. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Biology.
(c) Law.
(d) Medicine.

3. _________ had more spindles of cotton than all of the eleven states of the South put together.
(a) Jamestown.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Boston.

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

5. When the expedition to Brazil returned, _________ gave lectures about evidence of the Ice Age in Brazil.
(a) Louis Agassiz.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Elisabeth Agassiz.
(d) William James.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oliver Wendell Holmes often preached the __________.

2. William James concluded from his trip to Brazil that the effects of race and circumstances depend on a person's __________.

3. Agassiz wrote a letter to ________ stating that he had not found any real evidence of the Ice Age in South America.

4. Henry Sr. viewed _________ as he did everything, with a distrust of institutions.

5. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court for _______ years.

(see the answer key)

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