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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. In "Free Fight", why did the Executive Branch attack the Supreme Court?
(a) Frank Waller.
(b) Legal Tender.
(c) Term Limits.
(d) Gold Standard.

2. What position does Lincoln give Charles Francis Adams?
(a) Supreme Court Justice.
(b) Minister to England.
(c) Personal assistant.
(d) Secretary of State.

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

4. Who does Henry Adams write a few articles for?
(a) British Isles Review.
(b) North American Review.
(c) Washington Post.
(d) Italian Monthly.

5. In "Treason", who does Henry Adams say needs an education?
(a) Himself.
(b) Charles Sumner.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) John Hay.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Henry Adams have in common with his friend, Hay?

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

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

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

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