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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27 The Height of Knowledge (1902).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What thought does Henry Adams distrust?
(a) American.
(b) Russian.
(c) French.
(d) English.

2. How does Henry Adams say America takes tragedy in "The Height of Knowledge"?
(a) With a grain of salt.
(b) Personally.
(c) Seriously.
(d) Lightly.

3. Who does Henry Adams compare Theodore Roosevelt to?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) McKinley.
(d) Washington.

4. According to Henry Adams in Chapter 12, who seems to be eccentric?
(a) The Lords and Ladies.
(b) Nearly everyone in England.
(c) His new group of artist friends.
(d) The Confederates.

5. Who does Henry Adams say the social eccentrics sympathize with?
(a) The political eccentrics.
(b) Members of Parliament.
(c) American eccentrics.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henry Adams return to London in "Chaos"?

2. In "The Height of Knowledge", what happens to President McKinley?

3. Who did the Lairds choose to represent them?

4. In "Chaos", what countries go to war?

5. At the end of "Chaos", what will Henry Adams position at North American Review be?

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