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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3 The Wilderness, Section 5 | Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 1 | Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, 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) Phillips.
(c) Holmes Sr.
(d) Lovejoy.

2. In the North, people were split between the Abolitionists and the _________.
(a) Segregationists.
(b) Unionists.
(c) Pro-slavery faction.
(d) Populists.

3. The war had been compared to _________ and the Union soldiers rallied themselves around it.
(a) The Trojan War.
(b) The War of Independence.
(c) The Crusades.
(d) The storming of the Bastille.

4. The Battle of the Wilderness was fought by generals Lee and ________.
(a) McClellan.
(b) Wright.
(c) 'Stonewall Jackson.'
(d) Grant.

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Ralph Waldo Emerson worked together in order to found the ___________.
(a) Boston Gazette.
(b) New Yorker.
(c) Harvard Magazine.
(d) Atlantic Monthly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.

2. Holmes joined the army because he felt that it was his duty to fight for what he believed. What was his first battle?

3. Holmes was not present for the Battle of Fredericksburg and viewed it as _________.

4. The military leaders during the time of the civil war were often chosen due to __________.

5. In January of 1861, Richard Hallowell hired Holmes as a body guard for __________.

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