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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28 The Abyss of Ignorance (1902).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Charles Swinbourne awe Henry Adams?
(a) With his poetry and conversation.
(b) With his haphazard way of dressing.
(c) With his political ties.
(d) With his newspaper articles.

2. Why does the president of Harvard write Henry Adams a letter?
(a) To ask him to get a law degree.
(b) To ask him to give a speach.
(c) To ask him for a donation.
(d) To ask him to teach.

3. In "The Abyss of Ignorance", Henry Adams says that philosophers have stood where for thousands of years?
(a) On the shore of a sunless sea.
(b) On a cliff above the valley.
(c) On the highest ground in town.
(d) On their toes.

4. What almost killed Henry Adams when he was eight?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) A dog.
(d) The British.

5. What is the Fortieth Parallel Survey?
(a) A census.
(b) A historical survey.
(c) A geological survey.
(d) An opinon survey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Henry Adams turn to in his investigation in the Gould scandal?

2. After returning from Europe, how does Henry Adams see the people of Washington, DC?

3. At the end of "Eccentricity", what does Henry Adams conclude about eccentricity?

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

5. In "The Height of Knowledge", what happens to President McKinley?

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