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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. When Henry Adams returns to the United States in "Chaos", what does he discover about his articles?
(a) They were successful.
(b) They were never printed.
(c) They were ridiculed.
(d) They were full of errors.

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

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

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

5. At the end of "Eccentricity", what does Henry Adams conclude about eccentricity?
(a) That it is all a lie.
(b) That it is a joke.
(c) That it is strength.
(d) That it is weakness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Lairds choose to represent them?

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

3. What thought does Henry Adams distrust?

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

5. Why does the president of Harvard write Henry Adams a letter?

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