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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 The Perfection of Human Society (1864).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are foreigners treated in English society?
(a) They are welcomed.
(b) They are tested.
(c) They are snubbed.
(d) They are examined closely.

2. What does Henry Adams say every American woman did when presented with English manners?
(a) They shied away from the complex rules.
(b) They rose in rebellion against them.
(c) They fit in perfectly.
(d) They blended them with American manners.

3. What happens to a letter Henry Adams wrote to his brother in "Diplomacy"?
(a) It is printed by a paper and satarized.
(b) It is turned into anti-war propaganda.
(c) It is lost in the mail.
(d) It is read by his father instead.

4. After returning from Europe, how does Henry Adams see the people of Washington, DC?
(a) Everyone seems confused.
(b) Everyone seems to be anti-slavery.
(c) Everyone seems changed.
(d) Everyone seems ignorant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry Adams describe English society in "The Perfection of Human Society"?

2. How does Henry Adams feel about society in England?

3. Why do Henry Adams and his friends attend Harvard?

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

5. What turned the Civil War in favor of the Union?

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