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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hay primarily use his power as Secretary of State?
(a) Petitioning for new laws and regulations.
(b) Pushing for war.
(c) Creating treaties and alliances.
(d) Taking vacations overseas.

2. In "Indian Summer", what country becomes allies with the United States in the war?
(a) England.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

3. What does the war in "Indian Summer" make Henry Adams wonder about?
(a) The development of weapons.
(b) If Canada will be next.
(c) If unity is possible.
(d) How to spend his leisure time.

4. In "The Grammar of Science", how does Henry Adams focus his exploration into how to look at the world?
(a) Mystically.
(b) Metaphyscially.
(c) Scientifically.
(d) Psychologically.

5. What reminds Henry Adams of Darwinism in "Twilight"?
(a) Politics.
(b) Society.
(c) His dog.
(d) Geology.

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

7. What is Henry Adams trying to discover in "The Grammar of Science"?
(a) Something to end war.
(b) Something to further the complexities.
(c) Something unifying.
(d) Something revolutionary.

8. In "The Abyss of Ignorance", Henry Adams says that philosophers have stood where for thousands of years?
(a) On the highest ground in town.
(b) On a cliff above the valley.
(c) On the shore of a sunless sea.
(d) On their toes.

9. Who kept Henry Adams in contact with society?
(a) Clarence King.
(b) McKinley.
(c) Wenlock Abbey.
(d) Mrs. Cabot Lodge.

10. Why did Henry Adams go to Washington, DC in "Nunc Age"?
(a) To wait for the end.
(b) To petition Congress.
(c) To avoid wealthy people.
(d) To start a new job.

11. When Henry Adams goes to Washington, DC in "Nunc Age", what does he note Hay needs?
(a) A wife.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Rest.
(d) Money.

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

13. What war breaks out in "Indian Summer"?
(a) The War of 1812.
(b) The French-Indian War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Spanish-American War.

14. How is "The Grammar of Science" described to Henry Adams?
(a) Outdated.
(b) Long.
(c) Revolutionary.
(d) Controversial.

15. What does Henry Adams say Russia is represented by?
(a) Inertia.
(b) Progress.
(c) Acceleration.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Henry Adams say very few Americans envied?

2. Where did Henry Adams go in "The Dynamo and The Virgin" to try to gain knowledge?

3. What does Clarence King do in Arizona?

4. In "A Dynamic Theory of History", Henry Adams says that in the past man was attracted to what energy and force?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 31, how does Henry Adams say he feels?

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