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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What exposition does Henry Adams attend in 1904?
(a) Detroit Exposition.
(b) New York Exposition.
(c) St. Louis Exposition.
(d) Chicago Exposition.

2. What image does Henry Adams say is needed in "A Law of Acceleration"?
(a) A new leader.
(b) A new bridge.
(c) A new history.
(d) A new centre.

3. What did Henry Adams see the dynamo as a symbol of?
(a) Infinity.
(b) Force.
(c) Power.
(d) Charge.

4. When does Henry Adams say his education ended?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1890.

5. In "A Law of Acceleration", what does Henry Adams say historians now ask to be?
(a) Wise.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Pupils.

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

7. Henry Adams notes that progress is unstoppable so what is necessary?
(a) A way to relax.
(b) Social programs for the poor.
(c) More electricity.
(d) A new education.

8. When does Henry Adams say he wish he could return to see the world?
(a) 1940.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1927.

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

10. Henry Adams predicts that if science keeps doubling its complexities, what will succumb?
(a) Humans.
(b) Literature.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Mathematics.

11. Henry Adams says that as things become more complex, they need what?
(a) A wider evaluation.
(b) An end.
(c) A simple representation.
(d) A larger synthesis.

12. When traveling with Mrs. Lodge, what does Henry Adams decide to label himself as?
(a) A Liberal Catholic Anarchist.
(b) A Liberal Christian Anarchist.
(c) A Conservative Christian Anarchist.
(d) A Conservate Catholic Anarchist.

13. When Henry Adams travels during "Silence", what does he mostly think about?
(a) How everything is falling apart.
(b) How nature is the real solution.
(c) How improved his life is.
(d) How generous people are.

14. In "The Height of Knowledge", what happens to President McKinley?
(a) He loses the election.
(b) He is re-elected.
(c) He resigns.
(d) He is assassinated.

15. How old is Henry Adams in "Indian Summer"?
(a) Forty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Seventy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry Adams describe "The Woman" in America?

2. What country seems able to "roll over" Hay?

3. The dictionary says that inertia is a property of what?

4. What did Langley teach Adams?

5. After reading "The Grammar of Science", how does Henry Adams describe the book?

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