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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is the English Foreign Secretary?
(a) Lord Russell.
(b) Lord Cambridge.
(c) Lord Palmerston.
(d) Charles Adams.

8. What happens to a letter Henry Adams wrote to his brother in "Diplomacy"?
(a) It is lost in the mail.
(b) It is read by his father instead.
(c) It is turned into anti-war propaganda.
(d) It is printed by a paper and satarized.

9. What almost killed Henry Adams when he was eight?
(a) A dog.
(b) The British.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Smallpox.

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

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

12. Where does Henry Adams go to find work in "The Press"?
(a) Miami.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Washington, D.C.

13. Who is John Hay when Henry Adams first meets him?
(a) A new congressman.
(b) An old newspaper reporter.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A young, private secretary.

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

15. When Henry Adams returns to Boston in "Free Fight", what part of the scandal does he choose to write about?
(a) President Grant.
(b) Railways.
(c) Gold.
(d) Jay Gould.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else is involved in Henry Adams' journalistic investigation of the Gould scandal?

2. How are foreigners treated in English society?

3. What position does Lincoln give Charles Francis Adams?

4. What happens during the Adams' trip to Italy?

5. What does Henry Adams begin to think about all politicians in "Political Morality"?

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