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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 does Hay's work as Secretary of State remind Henry Adams?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Anarchism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Socialism.

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hay primarily use his power as Secretary of State?

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

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

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

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

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