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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) Class President.
(d) Dean of Admissions.

2. How does Henry Adams say America takes tragedy in "The Height of Knowledge"?
(a) Lightly.
(b) Seriously.
(c) With a grain of salt.
(d) Personally.

3. In "Vis Nova", when discussing the current White House, what does Henry Adams say had no place there?
(a) Hope.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Reticence.
(d) Logic.

4. What failure does Henry Adams attempt to analyze in "Silence"?
(a) The failure of Clarence King.
(b) The failure of McKinley.
(c) The failure of the 19th century.
(d) The failure of the Titanic.

5. According to Henry Adams in Chapter 12, who seems to be eccentric?
(a) His new group of artist friends.
(b) The Lords and Ladies.
(c) The Confederates.
(d) Nearly everyone in England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to a letter Henry Adams wrote to his brother in "Diplomacy"?

2. What is the diplomatic crisis in "Vis Inertiae"?

3. What image does Henry Adams say is needed in "A Law of Acceleration"?

4. How does Henry Adams describe "The Woman" in America?

5. In "Vis Nova", when did Henry Adams return to Washington, DC?

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