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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the Adams go to Italy for?
(a) Six months.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Six weeks.

2. Who did William Gladstone try to include in his support of the South?
(a) Lord Russell.
(b) Napoleon III.
(c) Henry Adams.
(d) C.F. Adams.

3. Why do Henry Adams and his friends attend Harvard?
(a) Good education.
(b) Social connections.
(c) Their fathers went there.
(d) They have free tuition.

4. What does Henry Adams call "the last refuge of the educated poor"?
(a) The press.
(b) Trade work.
(c) Diplomacy.
(d) The law.

5. What does Henry Adams do to learn German in "Berlin"?
(a) Registers at a high school.
(b) Works alone using a book.
(c) Gets a job in Germany.
(d) Hires a tutor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry Adams feel correlates with the winter?

2. In Chapter 10, who said: "The world can absorb only doses of truth. Too much would kill it"?

3. When does Henry Adams decide to join the Army?

4. Where is Henry Adams celebrated in "The Battle of the Rams"?

5. Where do Henry Adams and his sister travel as soon as the armistice is declared?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of "new man" did New York demand in "Nunc Age" and why?

2. Why does Henry Adams return to ideas of Darwinism in "Twilight", and what does he think?

3. How does Henry Adams teach his classes at Harvard and why?

4. What role did the eccentrics play in the Civil War?

5. In "The Abyss of Ignorance" what does Henry Adams say about force?

6. In "Vis Inertiae", why does Henry Adams take an interest in inertia?

7. According to Henry Adams, what type of American should not even think of English society?

8. Why did Henry Adams take an interest in statistics?

9. According to Henry Adams, what are "The Dynamo and The Virgin"?

10. What does Henry Adams say will come of his meeting with Charles and Mrs. Gaskill?

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