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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. In January of 1861, Richard Hallowell hired Holmes as a body guard for __________.
(a) Dred Scott.
(b) Wendell Phillips.
(c) Lovejoy.
(d) John Brown.

2. Louis Agassiz gained fame because of his discovery of _________.
(a) The wooly mammoth.
(b) The dinosaurs.
(c) The Ice Age.
(d) Electrons.

3. Agassiz wrote a letter to ________ stating that he had not found any real evidence of the Ice Age in South America.
(a) William James.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Benjamin Pierce.
(d) Alonzo Potter.

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

5. William James concluded from his trip to Brazil that the effects of race and circumstances depend on a person's __________.
(a) Personality.
(b) Temperament.
(c) Adaptability.
(d) Upbringing.

Short Answer Questions

1. While in Brazil, ________ found the people there to be 'refined and gentlemanly' and had to reconsider previous beliefs.

2. Holmes' experiences during the war led him to believe that imposing one's beliefs would always lead to __________.

3. _________ had more spindles of cotton than all of the eleven states of the South put together.

4. Even though he had no formal education in either, ___________ taught psychology and philosophy at Harvard.

5. During the Civil War _________ spent ninety days with the Newport Artillery, but then spent the rest of the war studying medicine at Harvard.

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