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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. Who is the English Foreign Secretary?
(a) Lord Russell.
(b) Charles Adams.
(c) Lord Cambridge.
(d) Lord Palmerston.

2. How does the English Prime Minister try to turn Parliament against the United States in "Foes and Friends"?
(a) With money.
(b) With a long speech.
(c) With a note.
(d) With blackmail.

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 lost in the mail.
(c) It is read by his father instead.
(d) It is turned into anti-war propaganda.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry Adams say every American woman did when presented with English manners?

2. After returning from Europe, how does Henry Adams see the people of Washington, DC?

3. When does Henry Adams decide to join the Army?

4. What did the Free Soil Party get from the Democrats when a Democrat became governor of Massachusetts?

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

(see the answer key)

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