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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 7 The Pierces, Section 5 | Part 3, Chapter 8 The Law of Errors, Section 1 | Part 3, Chapter 8 The Law of Errors, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. ________ took statistics from numbers to people and created social mechanics.
(a) Pierre Laplace.
(b) Benjamin Pierce.
(c) Adrien Legendre.
(d) Carl Gauss.

3. Henry James Sr. preached _________ and stated that there was no room for morality.
(a) Slavery as a virtue.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Abstinence.
(d) Free love.

4. Holmes was not present for the Battle of Fredericksburg and viewed it as _________.
(a) Proof of his convictions.
(b) A great success.
(c) Racist.
(d) A waste of humanity.

5. ___________was a physician from Montgomery, Alabama that did not agree with slavery but was afraid of Black people.
(a) Josiah Nott.
(b) George Glidden.
(c) William James.
(d) Louis Agassiz.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the expedition to Brazil returned, _________ gave lectures about evidence of the Ice Age in Brazil.

2. ____________ began with a drunken man hallucinating in a tavern. This religion later became affiliated with Mesmerism.

3. Many Southerners and Northerners found a problem with _________ because it seemed to contradict Genesis.

4. William James spent a great deal of time and energy on being indecisive, but he was able to use it to create the idea of _________.

5. Henry Dana, Charles Sumner and Charles Adams wanted to use the governmental system to stop the spread of slavery. They were _________.

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