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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 is Harriet Beecher Stowe famous for writing?
(a) War and Peace
(b) Uncle Tom's Cabin
(c) David Copperfield
(d) Tom and Jerry

2. What subject had been an unpleasant one to Harriet since her childhood?
(a) Slavery
(b) Women's rights
(c) Death penalty
(d) Illness

3. Where does Agassiz take a summer expedition in 1848?
(a) Lake Superior
(b) Vesuvius
(c) The amazon
(d) Mt. St. Helens

4. McCullough wants Americans to learn more about what?
(a) Asia
(b) Economy
(c) Religion
(d) History

5. Agassiz becomes American's premiere _______________.
(a) filmmaker
(b) sculptor
(c) naturalist
(d) painter

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Agassiz first come to the United States?

2. "Agassiz belongs to that class of naturalists who see ___________ in everything."

3. What did Harriet's famous book prompt?

4. Humboldt and Bonpland explored the New World colonies of which country?

5. Who is Elizabeth Cabot Cary?

(see the answer key)

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