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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 The Dynamo and The Virgin (1900).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else is involved in Henry Adams' journalistic investigation of the Gould scandal?
(a) C.F. Adams.
(b) Brooks Adams.
(c) Henry Boutwell.
(d) Frank Waller.

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. In "President Grant", what paper does Henry Adams write finance articles for in an attempt to get on staff?
(a) Washington Review.
(b) Mid-American Review.
(c) North American Review.
(d) Edinburgh Review.

4. Who does Henry Adams write a few articles for?
(a) Washington Post.
(b) Italian Monthly.
(c) British Isles Review.
(d) North American Review.

5. In Chapter 10, who said: "The world can absorb only doses of truth. Too much would kill it"?
(a) Lord Russell.
(b) Henry Adams.
(c) William M. Evarts.
(d) Thurlow Weed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who publishes Henry Adams' articles on U.S. finance in "Darwinism"?

2. How does Charles Swinbourne awe Henry Adams?

3. What theory does Henry Adams begin to develop?

4. Who is the English Foreign Secretary?

5. What did Henry Adams' father's political party have to do to gain power?

(see the answer key)

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