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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Henry Adams say his dynamic theory of history began?
(a) With little hope.
(b) With a question.
(c) With an observation.
(d) With a dream.

3. What technique does Henry Adams use to teach in "Failure"?
(a) Discovery method.
(b) Lecture.
(c) Socratic seminars.
(d) Historical method.

4. Who does Henry Adams meet because of his work at the North American Review?
(a) Frank Welch.
(b) All the senators.
(c) Frank Emmons.
(d) Clarence King.

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

6. What does Henry Adams say 19th century society measured their progress by?
(a) Coal output.
(b) Housing development.
(c) Artistic creations.
(d) Steam use.

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

8. The dictionary says that inertia is a property of what?
(a) Matter.
(b) Time.
(c) Movement.
(d) Space.

9. Where does Henry Adams travel in "The Abyss of Ignorance"?
(a) California.
(b) London.
(c) Russia.
(d) Paris.

10. 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) Faulty and ill constructed.
(c) Poor and difficult.
(d) Boring and slow.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "A Law of Acceleration", what does Henry Adams say is the ultimate object of science?

3. Who kept Henry Adams in contact with society?

4. When does Henry Adams say his education ended?

5. When traveling with Mrs. Lodge, what does Henry Adams decide to label himself as?

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