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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33 A Law of Acceleration (1904).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry Adams feel correlates with the winter?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Leaving home.
(c) School.
(d) Nature.

2. Where did Henry Adams go in "The Dynamo and The Virgin" to try to gain knowledge?
(a) The Smithsonian.
(b) Harvard.
(c) The Chicago Library.
(d) The Great Exhibition.

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

4. In "Free Fight", why did the Executive Branch attack the Supreme Court?
(a) Gold Standard.
(b) Frank Waller.
(c) Term Limits.
(d) Legal Tender.

5. What do people hope Grant will do as president of the United States?
(a) Improve the infrastructure.
(b) Give money to the poor.
(c) Lower taxes.
(d) Reform the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry Adams do to learn German in "Berlin"?

2. What does the war in "Indian Summer" make Henry Adams wonder about?

3. How does Henry Adams describe English society in "The Perfection of Human Society"?

4. In "A Dynamic Theory of History", what does Henry Adams describe as the "development and economy of forces"?

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

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