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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Battle of the Rams", why does Lord Russell often say he can not intervene?
(a) To down play his power in the war.
(b) To get C.F. Adams on his side.
(c) To prove that he is neutral.
(d) To stall until the rams can be completed.

2. What does Henry Adams begin to think about all politicians in "Political Morality"?
(a) That they are uneducated.
(b) That they are dishonest.
(c) That they are too educated.
(d) That they are elite.

3. What does Henry Adams call "the last refuge of the educated poor"?
(a) Trade work.
(b) Diplomacy.
(c) The press.
(d) The law.

4. What is revealed after Russell passes away?
(a) His attempts to get the South back into the Union.
(b) How trustworthy he really was.
(c) His ferver for trying to break up the United States.
(d) His many mistresses.

5. Who does Henry Adams re-meet in Washington in "The Press"?
(a) Walker.
(b) Chase.
(c) Sumner.
(d) McCollogh.

6. After volunteering to present Lyell's principles to people in the United States, how does Henry Adams come to feel about Darwinsim?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Angry.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Confused.

7. What does Henry Adams say every American woman did when presented with English manners?
(a) They shied away from the complex rules.
(b) They fit in perfectly.
(c) They blended them with American manners.
(d) They rose in rebellion against them.

8. What did the Free Soil Party get from the Democrats when a Democrat became governor of Massachusetts?
(a) A Senate seat.
(b) A position in the Massachusetts courts.
(c) They got kicked out of Massachusetts.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

9. Who does Henry Adams say the social eccentrics sympathize with?
(a) American eccentrics.
(b) The political eccentrics.
(c) Members of Parliament.
(d) No one.

10. When Henry Adams returns to the United States in "Chaos", what does he discover about his articles?
(a) They were successful.
(b) They were ridiculed.
(c) They were never printed.
(d) They were full of errors.

11. What did Henry Adams' father's political party have to do to gain power?
(a) Move into the South.
(b) Deal making and compromises.
(c) Get enough votes in the primary.
(d) Bribing people and secrets.

12. How does Henry Adams describe English society in "The Perfection of Human Society"?
(a) Perfection.
(b) Stubborn.
(c) Old-fashioned.
(d) Forward thinking.

13. In "Washington", how does Henry Adams describe the South?
(a) Rich and glitzy.
(b) Ragged and poor.
(c) Sunny and calm.
(d) Dusty and slow.

14. Where do Henry Adams and his sister travel as soon as the armistice is declared?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Italy.

15. In "Eccentricity", what does Henry Adams say is the beginning and end of political education?
(a) Knowing how to properly bribe.
(b) Knowledge of human nature.
(c) The habits of the English.
(d) Time spent in Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John Hay when Henry Adams first meets him?

2. In "Darwinism", how does Henry Adams describe the impact of seven years in England on his education?

3. How does Charles Swinbourne awe Henry Adams?

4. What is Henry Adams' education like in Berlin?

5. Near the end of Chapter 5, "Berlin", what does Henry Adams suddenly starts to understand?

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