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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Harriet's husband insist about her?
(a) She is a terrible cook
(b) She is a literary woman
(c) She can't keep plants alive
(d) She is a wonderful mother

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

5. What position is created for Agassiz in America?
(a) President of Yale
(b) The President's Council on Ecology
(c) Chair of Natural History at Harvard
(d) Assistant to Darwin

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Humboldt's last book geared toward nonscientific readers?

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

3. What does Agassiz consider Darwin's ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION?

4. Which U.S. president did Humboldt visit in 1804?

5. Where does Theodore Roosevelt spend his time in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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