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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. Who is the English Foreign Secretary?
(a) Lord Cambridge.
(b) Lord Palmerston.
(c) Lord Russell.
(d) Charles Adams.

2. When Henry Adams begins his work in finance in "Darwinism", what does he suggest happen with U.S. currency?
(a) That it should be green.
(b) That it is left alone.
(c) That is should be restrained.
(d) That they should release more.

3. What did the Free Soil Party get from the Democrats when a Democrat became governor of Massachusetts?
(a) Five hundred dollars.
(b) A position in the Massachusetts courts.
(c) They got kicked out of Massachusetts.
(d) A Senate seat.

4. What problem does Henry Adams try to solve with Everts?
(a) The problem of the Stock Market.
(b) The problem of Legal Tender.
(c) The problem of Foreign Press.
(d) The problem of Investor Relations.

5. In "Eccentricity", how does Henry Adams describe Bright?
(a) Conventional.
(b) Un-English.
(c) Poetic.
(d) Eccentric.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Battle of the Rams", how is C.F. Adams' relationship with Lord Russell described?

2. In "Darwinism", how does Henry Adams describe the impact of seven years in England on his education?

3. When Henry Adams returns to the United States in "Chaos", what does he discover about his articles?

4. In "Boston", why did Henry Adams say he hates school?

5. What part of Lyell's principles does Henry Adam's get stuck on in "Darwinism"?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Henry Adams visits the South in "Washington", how does he describe it?

2. Why does Henry Adams feel he can no longer work in diplomacy?

3. What makes John Lafarge Henry Adams' connection to the 13th century?

4. Why does Henry Adams receive little education in "Treason"?

5. When Henry Adams visits the Coutinces in France to see the Virgin, what does he discover?

6. In "Twilight", what makes Henry Adams feel that his generation seems to be ending?

7. In "Chaos", what happens between Henry Adams in Harvard?

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

9. In "Diplomacy", what surprised Henry Adams about they way he was welcomed to England?

10. In "Vis Intertiae", what does Henry Adams say about women and men?

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