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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John Hay when Henry Adams first meets him?

2. In "Eccentricity", how does Henry Adams describe Bright?

3. What position does Lincoln give Charles Francis Adams?

4. What did the Free Soil Party get from the Democrats when a Democrat became governor of Massachusetts?

5. What new age does Henry Adams find when he returns to the United States in "The Press"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes the building of ironclad rams in England controversial?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Henry Adams describe the "anti-slavery doctrinaires"?

8. How does Darwinism confuse Henry Adams?

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

10. Why did Henry Adams take an interest in statistics?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, what drove Henry Adams' education? Where did he receive the most education? How did he apply his education? What did Henry Adams see for the future of education? Explain how education existed throughout the entire novel.

Essay Topic 2

Select four women that played a role in Henry Adams' life. How did he describe these women? How did he feel about them? What value did Henry Adams place on women? How did women impact Adams' theories of life and history?

Essay Topic 3

Henry Adams spent much of his life as a writer. How did Henry Adams' articles help develop his theories of the world and life? Which articles contributed most to his personal development? How did writing help/hurt his education?

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