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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. Who does Harriet claim wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) Her brother
(b) Her father
(c) God
(d) Her husband

2. What is the name of Humboldt's last book geared toward nonscientific readers?
(a) The Galaxy
(b) Galatial Odysseus
(c) Cosmos
(d) Star Trek

3. What is the name of Humboldt's book that inspired Charles Darwin and others?
(a) My Life with Plants
(b) Personal Narrative
(c) Jungle Stories
(d) Hot, Humid Horticulture

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

5. In what countries do Humboldt and Bonpland spend two years?
(a) Thailand, China, India
(b) Columbia, Ecuador and Peru
(c) Italy, Germany and France
(d) Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Short Answer Questions

1. Humboldt is one of the earliest _________________.

2. To which Ohio city does Harriet's family move?

3. Agassiz helps people understand how ______________ created natural phenomena in Europe.

4. Humboldt is the first European to ___________________________________.

5. Agassiz becomes American's premiere _______________.

(see the answer key)

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