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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 Darwinism (1867-1868).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry Adams say every American woman did when presented with English manners?
(a) They rose in rebellion against them.
(b) They blended them with American manners.
(c) They shied away from the complex rules.
(d) They fit in perfectly.

2. In "Eccentricity", what does Henry Adams say is the beginning and end of political education?
(a) Knowledge of human nature.
(b) The habits of the English.
(c) Knowing how to properly bribe.
(d) Time spent in Paris.

3. How do the English feel about the Civil War?
(a) They are in favor of the Union.
(b) They are against the Union.
(c) They say they will form an alliance with whoever wins.
(d) They have no public opinion.

4. In "The Perfection of Human Society", how does Henry Adams describe society that has no unity?
(a) It's like a maggot in cheese.
(b) It's like frogs that wandered into a pub.
(c) It's like children running the government.
(d) It's like loose dogs in the street.

5. What part of Lyell's principles does Henry Adam's get stuck on in "Darwinism"?
(a) Uniform evolution.
(b) Mutation Theory.
(c) Backwards evolution.
(d) Glacier Theory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Henry Adams feel about society in England?

3. Near the end of Chapter 5, "Berlin", what does Henry Adams suddenly starts to understand?

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

5. How does Charles Swinbourne awe Henry Adams?

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