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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country seems able to "roll over" Hay?
(a) Germany.
(b) China.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

2. In "Indian Summer", who is chosen to be Secretary of State?
(a) Lafarge.
(b) Adams.
(c) Sumner.
(d) Hay.

3. What does Henry Adams have in common with his friend, Hay?
(a) They both wrote about American history.
(b) They both lost all their money.
(c) They both ran for political office.
(d) They both fought in only one war.

4. Who does Henry Adams compare Theodore Roosevelt to?
(a) Washington.
(b) McKinley.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Grant.

5. In "Vis Nova", when discussing the current White House, what does Henry Adams say had no place there?
(a) Logic.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Reticence.
(d) Hope.

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

7. Henry Adams says that unity is is a scientific analysis commonly called what?
(a) Duplicity.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Multiplicity.

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

9. In "A Dynamic Theory of History", what does Henry Adams describe as "anything that does, or helps to do work".
(a) Inertia.
(b) Progress.
(c) Force.
(d) Man.

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

11. How does editing the North American Review impact Henry Adams?
(a) He learns he can't edit well.
(b) He makes more money.
(c) He has no time for creative work.
(d) He has no time to teach.

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

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

14. What thought does Henry Adams distrust?
(a) Russian.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) American.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry Adams compare the passing of centuries to in "Vis Nova"?

2. What is the Fortieth Parallel Survey?

3. Where does Henry Adams travel in "The Abyss of Ignorance"?

4. What does Henry Adams say Stockholm is pressed by?

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

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