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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. What did Henry Adams' father's political party have to do to gain power?
(a) Get enough votes in the primary.
(b) Bribing people and secrets.
(c) Move into the South.
(d) Deal making and compromises.

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

3. How does Henry Adams describe the bankers he works with in "The Press"?
(a) Slow-witted but well meaning.
(b) Well-educated but dull.
(c) Worldly and experienced.
(d) Narrow-minded and inflexible.

4. What does Henry Adams begin to collect in "Dilettamtism"?
(a) Artwork.
(b) Coins.
(c) Ancient artifacts.
(d) Silk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Washington", how does Henry Adams describe the South?

2. In "The Battle of the Rams", why does Lord Russell often say he can not intervene?

3. Near the end of Chapter 5, "Berlin", what does Henry Adams suddenly starts to understand?

4. How did C.F. Adams' success in the Battle of the Rams impact his and Henry Adams' lives?

5. Who publishes Henry Adams' finished piece on the Gould scandal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In "Chaos", what events happen while Henry Adams is in Europe that cause him to be disillusioned?

5. What is Hugh McCullogh doing in "The Press" that impresses Henry Adams?

6. How does Henry Adams feel about running into Sumner in Washington, DC in "The Press"?

7. In "Twenty Years After", what does Henry Adams observe about the new generation?

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

9. Why is Charles Sumner a hero to Henry Adams?

10. How does Henry Adams define the role of the church and what it condemned in "A Dynamic Theory of History"?

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