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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 did Henry Adams' father's political party have to do to gain power?

2. What is Sumner trying to accomplish in regards to foreign policy in "Free Fight"?

3. After returning from Europe, how does Henry Adams see the people of Washington, DC?

4. What does Edinburgh Review do with Henry Adams' article on the Jay Gould scandal?

5. After Henry Adams moves to Dresden, which two countries start a war?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What role did the eccentrics play in the Civil War?

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

5. What fault does Henry Adams find with Pascal's "Ennui"?

6. According to Henry Adams, what are "The Dynamo and The Virgin"?

7. What does Henry Adams say about governments and education at the end of "The Height of Knowledge"?

8. What is the goal of a Conservative Christian Anarchist?

9. What is Hugh McCullogh doing in "The Press" that impresses Henry Adams?

10. What happened to Henry Adams' political biases at Harvard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Henry Adams often reflected on the influence of religion. How did religion influenced Henry Adams throughout his life? How did religion help form his ideas of life and how did religion impact the development of his theories? How does Henry Adams describe religion throughout the various centuries? How did these descriptions influence Adams' ideas?

Essay Topic 3

What advancements did Henry Adams witness that helped him define acceleration? How did acceleration affect his world and what predictions did Adams make for the future?

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