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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 President Grant (1869).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Henry Adams describe his response to invitations to formal dinners in "The Perfection of Human Society"?
(a) He looked forward to them.
(b) He returned them.
(c) He saved them.
(d) He dreaded them.

2. What English company builds Ironclad rams?
(a) Fences.
(b) Russell, Inc.
(c) Vick.
(d) Laird.

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

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

5. After Henry Adams moves to Dresden, which two countries start a war?
(a) Russia and Germany.
(b) Germany and France.
(c) The United States and Japan.
(d) Italy and France.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the English feel about the Civil War?

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

3. In "Darwinism", how does Henry Adams describe the impact of seven years in England on his education?

4. How does the English Prime Minister try to turn Parliament against the United States in "Foes and Friends"?

5. Who does Henry Adams say the social eccentrics sympathize with?

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