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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 Twenty Years After (1892).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What English company builds Ironclad rams?
(a) Laird.
(b) Fences.
(c) Russell, Inc.
(d) Vick.

2. Who does Henry Adams turn to in his investigation in the Gould scandal?
(a) The Treasury.
(b) North American Review.
(c) State Department.
(d) His brother, Brooks.

3. What turned the Civil War in favor of the Union?
(a) Victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
(b) Diplomatic victories in Canada.
(c) Convincing the English to sell them ironclad rams.
(d) C.F. Adams' logic.

4. Why does Henry Adams feel that study of the Law is closed to him?
(a) Because his grandfather was a bad lawyer.
(b) Because of his lack of knowledge of law.
(c) Because he does not respect the law.
(d) Because of his time spent in diplomacy.

5. Who is John Hay when Henry Adams first meets him?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A new congressman.
(c) An old newspaper reporter.
(d) A young, private secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry Adams call "the last refuge of the educated poor"?

2. In "Twenty Years After", when Henry Adams is ill in London, how does he describe his "old" education?

3. In "The Battle of the Rams", why does Lord Russell often say he can not intervene?

4. What happens to a letter Henry Adams wrote to his brother in "Diplomacy"?

5. In "Twenty Years After", Henry Adams says the world is no longer what?

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