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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. "Agassiz belongs to that class of naturalists who see ___________ in everything."
(a) Flaws
(b) Perfection
(c) Beauty
(d) God

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

3. Which U.S. president did Humboldt visit in 1804?
(a) Thomas Jefferson
(b) James Madison
(c) John Quincy Adams
(d) Abraham Lincoln

4. Why does Agassiz first come to the United States?
(a) To find a wife
(b) To meet the president
(c) To go on a Lecture Tour
(d) To teach at Yale

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Harriet's nickname?

2. What did Harriet's famous book prompt?

3. Who is Alexander von Humboldt?

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

5. McCullough wants Americans to learn more about what?

(see the answer key)

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