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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. What did the Free Soil Party get from the Democrats when a Democrat became governor of Massachusetts?
(a) Five hundred dollars.
(b) A Senate seat.
(c) They got kicked out of Massachusetts.
(d) A position in the Massachusetts courts.

2. What does Henry Adams do to learn German in "Berlin"?
(a) Works alone using a book.
(b) Hires a tutor.
(c) Gets a job in Germany.
(d) Registers at a high school.

3. Who was NOT related to Henry Adams?
(a) Francis Adams.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Samuel Adams.
(d) John Quincy Adams.

4. When does Henry Adams decide to join the Army?
(a) After the first battle of Bull Run.
(b) After the Civil War ends.
(c) After Brooks talks him into it.
(d) After the second battle of Bull Run.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Henry Adams and his sister travel as soon as the armistice is declared?

3. Why were Confederate cruisers able to escape British waters?

4. Who is John Hay when Henry Adams first meets him?

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

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