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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 loses the election.
(b) He is re-elected.
(c) He is assassinated.
(d) He resigns.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What thought does Henry Adams distrust?

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

4. When Henry Adams returns to the United States in "Chaos", what does he discover about his articles?

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

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