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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 9 The Metaphysical Club, Section 2 | Part 3, Chapter 9 The Metaphysical Club, Section 3 | Part 3, Chapter 9 The Metaphysical Club, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry Dana, Charles Sumner and Charles Adams wanted to use the governmental system to stop the spread of slavery. They were _________.
(a) Democrats.
(b) Separationists.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Conscious Whigs.

2. After Holmes returned to the army following the Battle of Fredericksburg, there was a new regiment created of black volunteers, the __________.
(a) 57th Massachusetts.
(b) 45th Massachusetts.
(c) 59th Massachusetts.
(d) 54th Massachusetts.

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

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

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes often preached the __________.
(a) The evils of slavery.
(b) Good word of the Bible.
(c) Superiority of white people.
(d) The equality of all people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry James Sr. was born again during the _________.

2. William James and Charles Pierce became friends while they were both attending ___________.

3. Benjamin and Charles caused fear in the United States because of their use of ___________ in the trial.

4. Due to Henry James Sr.'s religious beliefs, his wife Mary Walsh had to resign her membership at the _________ church before their marriage.

5. William James was an extreme ________ like his father, but disagreed with many of his father's ideals.

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