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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. How does Charles Swinbourne awe Henry Adams?
(a) With his poetry and conversation.
(b) With his haphazard way of dressing.
(c) With his political ties.
(d) With his newspaper articles.

2. What does Henry Adams say Russia is represented by?
(a) Truth.
(b) Progress.
(c) Acceleration.
(d) Inertia.

3. What did Henry Adams see the dynamo as a symbol of?
(a) Force.
(b) Power.
(c) Infinity.
(d) Charge.

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

5. How does Henry Adams describe "The Woman" in America?
(a) Questioned.
(b) Supreme.
(c) Revered.
(d) Unknown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Henry Adams celebrated in "The Battle of the Rams"?

2. Why does Henry Adams feel that study of the Law is closed to him?

3. In 1900, what was the chief interest of Washington, DC?

4. In "The Abyss of Ignorance", Henry Adams says that philosophers have stood where for thousands of years?

5. What did Langley teach Adams?

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