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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry Adams notes that progress is unstoppable so what is necessary?
(a) Social programs for the poor.
(b) A new education.
(c) A way to relax.
(d) More electricity.

2. What does Henry Adams say Americans in the year 2000 would know how to do?
(a) Control unlimited power.
(b) Fly planes.
(c) Unify complex thought.
(d) Read scientific theories.

3. According to Henry Adams, how should a man's force be measured?
(a) By his bank account.
(b) By motion.
(c) By other's opinions.
(d) By action.

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

5. Where does Henry Adams travel to first in "Teufelsdrtzck"?
(a) Bayreuth.
(b) Russia.
(c) Stockholm.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does Henry Adams say is needed in "A Law of Acceleration"?

2. What subject is Henry Adams going to teach?

3. After reading "The Grammar of Science", how does Henry Adams describe the book?

4. What countries appear poised to go to war in "Vis Nova"?

5. When Henry Adams returns to New York in "Nunc Age", what has grown in the city?

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