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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Henry Adams compare the passing of centuries to in "Vis Nova"?
(a) Autumn leaves dropping.
(b) Snow falling.
(c) The tide rising and falling.
(d) Flowers wilting.

3. What did Langley teach Adams?
(a) About motors.
(b) About steam power.
(c) About art.
(d) About math.

4. When Henry Adams travels to Beyreuth, what has changed?
(a) The pollution.
(b) The romanticism.
(c) The languages people speak.
(d) The train.

5. When Henry Adams returns to New York in "Nunc Age", what has grown in the city?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) Religion.
(c) Worry.
(d) Homelessness.

6. In Henry Adams' dynamic theory of history, what is accomplished?
(a) Inertia and movement.
(b) Work and progress.
(c) New forces and innovations.
(d) Revolutions and progress.

7. According to Henry Adams, how should a man's force be measured?
(a) By other's opinions.
(b) By action.
(c) By his bank account.
(d) By motion.

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

9. Where did Henry Adams go in "The Dynamo and The Virgin" to try to gain knowledge?
(a) Harvard.
(b) The Chicago Library.
(c) The Great Exhibition.
(d) The Smithsonian.

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

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

12. What is the Fortieth Parallel Survey?
(a) A census.
(b) An opinon survey.
(c) A historical survey.
(d) A geological survey.

13. In "Twilight", what country does everyone want access to?
(a) China.
(b) Russia.
(c) Japan.
(d) Germany.

14. What theory does Henry Adams begin to develop?
(a) Theory of gravity.
(b) Theory of force.
(c) Theory of inerta.
(d) Theory of movement.

15. How does the Senate respond to Hay's actions in "Twilight"?
(a) They oppose him.
(b) They support him.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They question him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Silence", when does Henry Adams leave Washington, DC?

2. What does Hay's work as Secretary of State remind Henry Adams?

3. Henry Adams predicts that if science keeps doubling its complexities, what will succumb?

4. What technique does Henry Adams use to teach in "Failure"?

5. What exposition does Henry Adams attend in 1904?

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