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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. Who did the Lairds choose to represent them?
(a) Mason.
(b) Lamar.
(c) Roebuck.
(d) C.F. Adams.

2. At the end of "Chaos", what will Henry Adams position at North American Review be?
(a) Editor-in-Chief.
(b) Staff writer.
(c) Editor-at-Large.
(d) Publisher.

3. Why does the president of Harvard write Henry Adams a letter?
(a) To ask him for a donation.
(b) To ask him to give a speach.
(c) To ask him to teach.
(d) To ask him to get a law degree.

4. How does Hay primarily use his power as Secretary of State?
(a) Pushing for war.
(b) Creating treaties and alliances.
(c) Taking vacations overseas.
(d) Petitioning for new laws and regulations.

5. In "Eccentricity", how does Henry Adams describe Bright?
(a) Poetic.
(b) Conventional.
(c) Eccentric.
(d) Un-English.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Henry Adams in Chapter 12, who seems to be eccentric?

2. What does Edinburgh Review do with Henry Adams' article on the Jay Gould scandal?

3. Who does Henry Adams compare Theodore Roosevelt to?

4. How does Henry Adams say America takes tragedy in "The Height of Knowledge"?

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

(see the answer key)

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