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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 position does Henry Adams obtain at Harvard?
(a) Resident Advisor.
(b) Class Orator.
(c) Dean of Admissions.
(d) Class President.

2. What does Hay's work as Secretary of State remind Henry Adams?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Anarchism.

3. Henry Adams likens men and theories to what?
(a) A mouse in a hole.
(b) A spider in a web.
(c) A man in danger.
(d) A butterfly in a cocoon.

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

5. What does Henry Adams do to learn German in "Berlin"?
(a) Registers at a high school.
(b) Hires a tutor.
(c) Gets a job in Germany.
(d) Works alone using a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry Adams say 19th century society measured their progress by?

2. After reading "The Grammar of Science", how does Henry Adams describe the book?

3. When does Henry Adams decide to join the Army?

4. According to Henry Adams in Chapter 12, who seems to be eccentric?

5. What theory does Henry Adams begin to develop?

(see the answer key)

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