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

2. During Chapter 2, "Boston", what plays the biggest role in Henry Adams' education?

3. What part of Lyell's principles does Henry Adam's get stuck on in "Darwinism"?

4. How does Henry Adams feel about natural selection?

5. What position does Henry Adams obtain at Harvard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Henry Adams visits the Coutinces in France to see the Virgin, what does he discover?

4. Why does Henry Adams return to ideas of Darwinism in "Twilight", and what does he think?

5. In the beginning of "A Law of Acceleration", how does Henry Adams describe images?

6. What does Henry Adams think about after learning of Hay's death?

7. Why is Charles Sumner a hero to Henry Adams?

8. What is Hay's role in the Spanish-American war?

9. What parts of Henry Adams' trip to Italy left a strong impression?

10. In "Twenty Years After", how does Henry Adams describe Washington, DC?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry Adams travels between the United States and Europe quite frequently. How does he describe the two places in contrast with each other? How do they compare in terms of people, politics and progress?

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 created the terms the Dynamo and the Virgin. What are the Dynamo and the Virgin? How do they relate to each other? What do they represent in the world? How do these ideas help Adams' create all of his theories of the world? Are these useful terms? Why/why not?

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