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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6 Brazil, Section 3 | Part 2, Chapter 6 Brazil, Section 4 | Part 3, Chapter 7 The Pierces, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1897 _________ made a speech during a monument dedication to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
(a) Louis Agassiz.
(b) William James.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Josiah Nott.

2. While in Brazil, ________ found the people there to be 'refined and gentlemanly' and had to reconsider previous beliefs.
(a) William James.
(b) George Glidden.
(c) Elizabeth Agassiz.
(d) Louis Agassiz.

3. In January of 1861, Richard Hallowell hired Holmes as a body guard for __________.
(a) Dred Scott.
(b) John Brown.
(c) Lovejoy.
(d) Wendell Phillips.

4. Oliver Wendell Holmes often preached the __________.
(a) The evils of slavery.
(b) The equality of all people.
(c) Good word of the Bible.
(d) Superiority of white people.

5. Henry Dana, Charles Sumner and Charles Adams wanted to use the governmental system to stop the spread of slavery. They were _________.
(a) Conscious Whigs.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Separationists.
(d) Democrats.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.

2. Henry James Sr. became involved with all of the following religious groups except _________.

3. When the expedition to Brazil returned, _________ gave lectures about evidence of the Ice Age in Brazil.

4. Agassiz wrote a letter to ________ stating that he had not found any real evidence of the Ice Age in South America.

5. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.

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