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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) Roebuck.
(c) Lamar.
(d) C.F. Adams.

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

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

4. What does Edinburgh Review do with Henry Adams' article on the Jay Gould scandal?
(a) They put it on the cover.
(b) They publish it reluctantly.
(c) They say they'll print it in four months.
(d) They reject it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What thought does Henry Adams distrust?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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