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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) Geology field trips
(b) Biology textbooks
(c) Scholarships
(d) Horse skeletons

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

3. Humboldt and Bonpland explored the New World colonies of which country?
(a) Great Britain
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) Spain

4. Agassiz helps people understand how ______________ created natural phenomena in Europe.
(a) Global Warming
(b) God
(c) The Ice Age
(d) The Big Bang

5. What is Agassiz' teaching style?
(a) Observation
(b) Remote
(c) Comparative
(d) Hands-on

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Harriet claim wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

2. What position is created for Agassiz in America?

3. Who is Aime Bonpland?

4. McCullough wants Americans to learn more about what?

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

(see the answer key)

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