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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) Religion
(b) Economy
(c) History
(d) Asia

2. Who is Louis Agassiz?
(a) President of France
(b) Jefferson's secretary
(c) Humboldt's protege
(d) Tennis player

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

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

5. What is Harriet's nickname?
(a) Hat pin
(b) Beaches
(c) Harrie
(d) Hattie

Short Answer Questions

1. What donations is Agassiz able to attain for the school?

2. What subject had been an unpleasant one to Harriet since her childhood?

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

4. In what countries do Humboldt and Bonpland spend two years?

5. This book is a volume of 17 __________________.

(see the answer key)

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