The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Eight 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 | Eight 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 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. The dominant political party during the time of the Civil War was ________.
(a) Republican Party.
(b) Independent Party
(c) Whig Party.
(d) Democratic Party.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The war had been compared to _________ and the Union soldiers rallied themselves around it.

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

3. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.

4. The Civil War caused the beliefs of previous times to be __________.

5. In April of 1864, an article was published in the __________ that made him rethink his exhaustion with the war.

(see the answer key)

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