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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. What does the war in "Indian Summer" make Henry Adams wonder about?
(a) The development of weapons.
(b) How to spend his leisure time.
(c) If unity is possible.
(d) If Canada will be next.

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

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

4. In "Twenty Years After", Henry Adams says the world is no longer what?
(a) Explainable.
(b) Simple.
(c) Poetic.
(d) Fun.

5. During Chapter 2, "Boston", what plays the biggest role in Henry Adams' education?
(a) His father.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Anti-slavery groups.
(d) The church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Henry Adams obtain at Harvard?

2. What did the Free Soil Party get from the Democrats when a Democrat became governor of Massachusetts?

3. How does Charles Swinbourne awe Henry Adams?

4. What is Henry Adams' education like in Berlin?

5. In "Free Fight", why did the Executive Branch attack the Supreme Court?

(see the answer key)

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