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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did the Lairds choose to represent them?
(a) Roebuck.
(b) C.F. Adams.
(c) Mason.
(d) Lamar.

3. What does Edinburgh Review do with Henry Adams' article on the Jay Gould scandal?
(a) They reject it.
(b) They put it on the cover.
(c) They publish it reluctantly.
(d) They say they'll print it in four months.

4. What is Sumner trying to accomplish in regards to foreign policy in "Free Fight"?
(a) To have control of Mexico.
(b) To purchase the Virgin Islands.
(c) To have control of Canada.
(d) To start trade with Britain.

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

6. How do the English feel about the Civil War?
(a) They say they will form an alliance with whoever wins.
(b) They have no public opinion.
(c) They are in favor of the Union.
(d) They are against the Union.

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

8. At the end of "Eccentricity", what does Henry Adams conclude about eccentricity?
(a) That it is all a lie.
(b) That it is weakness.
(c) That it is a joke.
(d) That it is strength.

9. In "Boston", why did Henry Adams say he hates school?
(a) Because they were lying to him.
(b) Because he had to learn by rote.
(c) Because he had to read alone.
(d) Because he had to do partner work.

10. Who did William Gladstone try to include in his support of the South?
(a) Napoleon III.
(b) Lord Russell.
(c) Henry Adams.
(d) C.F. Adams.

11. Trying to stop the English constructed rams is called what type of battle in "The Battle of the Rams"?
(a) The only battle.
(b) A silent battle.
(c) A diplomatic battle.
(d) A military battle.

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

13. What part of Lyell's principles does Henry Adam's get stuck on in "Darwinism"?
(a) Backwards evolution.
(b) Mutation Theory.
(c) Glacier Theory.
(d) Uniform evolution.

14. What happens during the Adams' trip to Italy?
(a) England is invaded.
(b) Johnson declares war.
(c) Lincoln is assassinated.
(d) The Legation ends.

15. How does Charles Swinbourne awe Henry Adams?
(a) With his political ties.
(b) With his poetry and conversation.
(c) With his newspaper articles.
(d) With his haphazard way of dressing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Lincoln give Charles Francis Adams?

2. How does the English Prime Minister try to turn Parliament against the United States in "Foes and Friends"?

3. In "President Grant", what former president do people compare Grant to?

4. Who is the English Foreign Secretary?

5. In "Harvard", how does Henry Adams describe his years at Harvard?

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