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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Henry Adams says that even though he has looked at art in Art Museums he doesn't know what?
(a) How to look at art exhibits in 1900.
(b) How to make his own art.
(c) How to buy art as an investment.
(d) How to analyze art.

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

4. At the end of "The Abyss of Ignorance", how many books does Henry Adams say he will write?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. What does Henry Adams say Americans in the year 2000 would know how to do?
(a) Fly planes.
(b) Unify complex thought.
(c) Read scientific theories.
(d) Control unlimited power.

6. In "Twenty Years After", when Henry Adams is ill in London, how does he describe his "old" education?
(a) Hard to apply and worthless.
(b) Poor and difficult.
(c) Faulty and ill constructed.
(d) Boring and slow.

7. Where does Henry Adams rent a room?
(a) Quincy.
(b) New York City.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Boston.

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

9. What countries appear poised to go to war in "Vis Nova"?
(a) Germany and France.
(b) Russia and Japan.
(c) Germany and Japan.
(d) France and Russia.

10. What does Henry Adams say Stockholm is pressed by?
(a) Glaciers and debt.
(b) Rocks and Russia.
(c) Northern ice and Russia.
(d) Cold and Germans.

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

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

13. In "A Law of Acceleration", what does Henry Adams say is the ultimate object of science?
(a) Matter.
(b) Motion.
(c) Thought.
(d) Acceleration.

14. In "A Dynamic Theory of History", what does Henry Adams describe as the "development and economy of forces"?
(a) Man.
(b) Inertia.
(c) Progress.
(d) Force.

15. What was Roosevelt's main job in "Nunc Age"?
(a) Battling trusts.
(b) Going hunting.
(c) Signing immigration laws.
(d) Making speeches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry Adams say 19th century society measured their progress by?

2. What does Henry Adams say Russia is represented by?

3. In "Twilight", what does Henry Adams study?

4. How does Hay primarily use his power as Secretary of State?

5. Who is the author of "The Grammar of Science"?

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