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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. ___________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.

2. William James believed that there were always more solutions to a project than a single person could create, which led to the idea of ___________.
(a) Scientific Monism.
(b) Polytheism.
(c) Scientific Pluralism.
(d) Polygenism.

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

4. Henry James had a relationship with _________ who like him disliked institutionalization and systems.
(a) Henry Abbott.
(b) Charles Lowell.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

5. While in Brazil, ________ found the people there to be 'refined and gentlemanly' and had to reconsider previous beliefs.
(a) William James.
(b) Louis Agassiz.
(c) George Glidden.
(d) Elizabeth Agassiz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles Pierce had an addiction to ______ that started due to a childhood prescription for facial neuralgia.

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

3. __________ created the method of least squares in order to find the true location of the object.

4. Henry James Sr. became involved with all of the following religious groups except _________.

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

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