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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. What English company builds Ironclad rams?

2. Who does Henry Adams say the social eccentrics sympathize with?

3. Near the end of Chapter 5, "Berlin", what does Henry Adams suddenly starts to understand?

4. Who else is involved in Henry Adams' journalistic investigation of the Gould scandal?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry Adams' family talk him out of joining the Army?

2. How is Henry Adams involved in the battle between the Supreme Court and Executive Branch in "Free Fight"?

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

4. According to Henry Adams, what type of American should not even think of English society?

5. How does Henry Adams teach his classes at Harvard and why?

6. In "The Abyss of Ignorance" what does Henry Adams say about force?

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

8. In "The Grammar of Science", why does Henry Adams explore varying scientific views and what is the result?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Progress and complexity were always at the core of Henry Adams' theories. Describe Henry Adams' beliefs and feelings about progress and complexity. How did they drive the times he lived in? How did they play into his theories?

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