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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry Adams say Stockholm is pressed by?
(a) Cold and Germans.
(b) Northern ice and Russia.
(c) Glaciers and debt.
(d) Rocks and Russia.

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

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

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

5. Why did Henry Adams go to Washington, DC in "Nunc Age"?
(a) To avoid wealthy people.
(b) To start a new job.
(c) To wait for the end.
(d) To petition Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique does Henry Adams use to teach in "Failure"?

2. In "Silence", when does Henry Adams leave Washington, DC?

3. What does Henry Adams say 19th century society measured their progress by?

4. In "The Abyss of Ignorance", Henry Adams says that philosophers have stood where for thousands of years?

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

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