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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. When does Henry Adams say his education ended?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1871.

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

3. What does Henry Adams have in common with his friend, Hay?
(a) They both wrote about American history.
(b) They both lost all their money.
(c) They both ran for political office.
(d) They both fought in only one war.

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

5. What is Sumner trying to accomplish in regards to foreign policy in "Free Fight"?
(a) To have control of Canada.
(b) To purchase the Virgin Islands.
(c) To start trade with Britain.
(d) To have control of Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else is involved in Henry Adams' journalistic investigation of the Gould scandal?

2. When Henry Adams returns to Boston in "Free Fight", what part of the scandal does he choose to write about?

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

4. Trying to stop the English constructed rams is called what type of battle in "The Battle of the Rams"?

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

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