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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 position does Lincoln give Charles Francis Adams?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Personal assistant.
(c) Supreme Court Justice.
(d) Minister to England.

2. What political party does Henry Adams' father found?
(a) Republican Party.
(b) Free Soil Party.
(c) Abolitionist Party.
(d) Bostonian Party.

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

4. What turned the Civil War in favor of the Union?
(a) Convincing the English to sell them ironclad rams.
(b) Victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
(c) C.F. Adams' logic.
(d) Diplomatic victories in Canada.

5. How does Henry Adams interact with the elite society in "Foes and Friends"?
(a) His interactions are unsuccessful.
(b) His interactions convince them to side with him.
(c) He focuses too much on society and forgets about his education.
(d) He is too afraid to interact with them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Harvard", how does Henry Adams describe his years at Harvard?

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

4. In "The Battle of the Rams", why does Lord Russell often say he can not intervene?

5. What happens to a letter Henry Adams wrote to his brother in "Diplomacy"?

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