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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. In "The Height of Knowledge", what happens to President McKinley?
(a) He resigns.
(b) He loses the election.
(c) He is re-elected.
(d) He is assassinated.

2. Why does Henry Adams return to London in "Chaos"?
(a) Because he got a new job.
(b) To make sure his article was published.
(c) He needed to escape Grant.
(d) To go back to college.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Henry Adams say the social eccentrics sympathize with?

2. In "Eccentricity", what does Henry Adams say is the beginning and end of political education?

3. What does Hay's work as Secretary of State remind Henry Adams?

4. What thought does Henry Adams distrust?

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

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