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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 6 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 1 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 12 years out of school, Holmes wrote an article based on ________, the idea that if one does his job correctly and with honor, one should be fulfilled.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Occupationism.
(c) Jobbism.
(d) Separatism.

2. 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 _________.
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Separatism.
(c) Antagonism.
(d) Abolitionism.

3. William James was an extreme ________ like his father, but disagreed with many of his father's ideals.
(a) Scottish Baptist.
(b) Platonist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Protestant.

4. Henry James Sr. rebelled against his father and took up religion in the form of ___________.
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Swedenborgian.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Scottish Baptist.

5. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.
(a) Occupational.
(b) Religious.
(c) Artistic.
(d) Educational.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Holmes returned to the army following the Battle of Fredericksburg, there was a new regiment created of black volunteers, the __________.

2. Henry Sr. viewed _________ as he did everything, with a distrust of institutions.

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

4. Holmes was wounded ______ times during the Civil War.

5. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a(n) _________.

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