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

2. In "Eccentricity", what does Henry Adams say is the beginning and end of political education?
(a) Time spent in Paris.
(b) Knowing how to properly bribe.
(c) The habits of the English.
(d) Knowledge of human nature.

3. What does Henry Adams begin to think about all politicians in "Political Morality"?
(a) That they are uneducated.
(b) That they are elite.
(c) That they are too educated.
(d) That they are dishonest.

4. According to Henry Adams in Chapter 12, who seems to be eccentric?
(a) His new group of artist friends.
(b) Nearly everyone in England.
(c) The Lords and Ladies.
(d) The Confederates.

5. In "The Perfection of Human Society", how does Henry Adams describe society that has no unity?
(a) It's like a maggot in cheese.
(b) It's like frogs that wandered into a pub.
(c) It's like loose dogs in the street.
(d) It's like children running the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry Adams interact with the elite society in "Foes and Friends"?

2. Who is the English Foreign Secretary?

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

4. Who publishes Henry Adams' articles on U.S. finance in "Darwinism"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Twenty Years After", how does Henry Adams describe Washington, DC?

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

3. Why is Henry Adams unimpressed with what is scientifically published in 1903?

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

5. What happened to Henry Adams' political biases at Harvard?

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

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

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

9. In "Silence", why does Henry Adams say he should remain silent?

10. At the end of "Political Morality", why is Henry Adams left confused about Russell and Palmerston?

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