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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. How does the English Prime Minister try to turn Parliament against the United States in "Foes and Friends"?
(a) With a note.
(b) With blackmail.
(c) With a long speech.
(d) With money.

2. Who publishes Henry Adams' finished piece on the Gould scandal?
(a) English Monthly.
(b) Edinburgh Review.
(c) North American Review.
(d) New York Times.

3. What does Henry Adams say Americans in the year 2000 would know how to do?
(a) Unify complex thought.
(b) Control unlimited power.
(c) Read scientific theories.
(d) Fly planes.

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

5. What is Henry Adams' education like in Berlin?
(a) Nothing but reading.
(b) There is no university in Berlin.
(c) Hands-on activities.
(d) Endless lectures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What English company builds Ironclad rams?

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

3. Where did Henry Adams go in "The Dynamo and The Virgin" to try to gain knowledge?

4. Who is the author of "The Grammar of Science"?

5. What exposition does Henry Adams attend in 1904?

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