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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. After Henry Adams meets President Grant, what does he compare the president to?

2. How does Henry Adams feel about society in England?

3. Who did the Lairds choose to represent them?

4. In "President Grant", what paper does Henry Adams write finance articles for in an attempt to get on staff?

5. In "Boston", why did Henry Adams say he hates school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Henry Adams goes on the Fortieth Parallel Survey?

2. What is Henry Adams' opinion of Russia when he visits there in "Teufeldrtzck"?

3. How does man play into Henry Adams' dynamic theory of history?

4. In "Twilight", what makes Henry Adams feel that his generation seems to be ending?

5. In "Vis Inertiae", why does Henry Adams take an interest in inertia?

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

7. In "Free Fight", what proves that Grant is not a reform-minded president?

8. Why does Henry Adams feel his education went backwards in England and Germany?

9. When Henry Adams visits the South in "Washington", how does he describe it?

10. What are the four main influences Henry Adams describes in the first chapter, "Quincy"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As an educator at Harvard, Henry Adams became part of an educational system that did not fit him as a student. How did Henry Adams adapt to teaching at Harvard? How did teaching at Harvard affect Adams' education? How did teaching at Harvard help Henry Adams develop his theories of progress?

Essay Topic 2

The search for unity permeates this novel. What does Henry Adams mean by unity? Where does he get his ideas of unity? How does he try to find it? How does unity drive the theories of Henry Adams?

Essay Topic 3

How did Henry Adams' time in England as his father's secretary shape him? How does this time count as education? What did Henry Adams learn? How did his time in England impact the rest of his future?

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