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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29 Vis Inertiae (1903).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who replaced their minister in London in "Vis Inertiae"?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) The Chinese Prime Minister.
(c) The Kaiser.
(d) Cassini.

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

3. What does Henry Adams say Stockholm is pressed by?
(a) Cold and Germans.
(b) Rocks and Russia.
(c) Glaciers and debt.
(d) Northern ice and Russia.

4. What seems to represent the future of the United States in "The Press"?
(a) The masses of poor people.
(b) The railroad.
(c) The forest.
(d) The typewriter.

5. In "Chaos", what countries go to war?
(a) Germany and Ireland.
(b) Italy and Germany.
(c) France and Germany.
(d) Russia and Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry Adams say Russia is represented by?

2. What does Henry Adams begin to collect in "Dilettamtism"?

3. In "The Battle of the Rams", how is C.F. Adams' relationship with Lord Russell described?

4. What problem does Henry Adams try to solve with Everts?

5. Who does Henry Adams re-meet in Washington in "The Press"?

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