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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 The Battle of the Rams (1863).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near the end of Chapter 5, "Berlin", what does Henry Adams suddenly starts to understand?
(a) Communism.
(b) His Harvard education.
(c) German.
(d) Beethoven.

2. Who did William Gladstone try to include in his support of the South?
(a) C.F. Adams.
(b) Lord Russell.
(c) Napoleon III.
(d) Henry Adams.

3. What does Henry Adams feel correlates with the winter?
(a) School.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Leaving home.
(d) Nature.

4. What is revealed after Russell passes away?
(a) His ferver for trying to break up the United States.
(b) How trustworthy he really was.
(c) His attempts to get the South back into the Union.
(d) His many mistresses.

5. What is Henry Adams' education like in Berlin?
(a) Nothing but reading.
(b) Endless lectures.
(c) Hands-on activities.
(d) There is no university in Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Lincoln give Charles Francis Adams?

2. What almost killed Henry Adams when he was eight?

3. After spending time in Europe, what does Henry Adams decide to do with this part of his education?

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

5. In Chapter 10, who said: "The world can absorb only doses of truth. Too much would kill it"?

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