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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What donations is Agassiz able to attain for the school?
(a) Horse skeletons
(b) Scholarships
(c) Biology textbooks
(d) Geology field trips

2. What does Stowe do after her friend, Eliza Stowe, dies?
(a) Manages her estate
(b) Marries Eliza's husband
(c) Writes her biography
(d) Adopts her children

3. _______________ called Harriet "the little woman who made this big war."
(a) Andrew Johnson
(b) Calvin Stowe
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Frederick Douglass

4. Humboldt is one of the earliest _________________.
(a) astronomers
(b) mathemeticians
(c) ecologists
(d) astrologers

5. Who is Louis Agassiz?
(a) Humboldt's protege
(b) President of France
(c) Jefferson's secretary
(d) Tennis player

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Agassiz take a summer expedition in 1848?

2. What does Harriet's husband insist about her?

3. Who is Aime Bonpland?

4. What position is created for Agassiz in America?

5. What does Agassiz turn into a temporary museum filled with his new collection of specimens?

(see the answer key)

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