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

2. Who is Elizabeth Cabot Cary?
(a) Agassiz' secretary
(b) Agassiz' prize student
(c) Agassiz' sister
(d) Agassiz' wife

3. The first essay is entitled "Journey to the top of the __________."
(a) Mountain
(b) Heap
(c) World
(d) Class

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

5. What does Agassiz consider Darwin's ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION?
(a) Overrated
(b) Inaccurate
(c) Brilliant
(d) Atheism

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harriet's husband insist about her?

2. Roosevelt's family attribute his presidency and his Rough Riders to ______________________.

3. This book is a volume of 17 __________________.

4. What is the name of Humboldt's book that inspired Charles Darwin and others?

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

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