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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. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.
(a) Holmes Sr.
(b) Phillips.
(c) James.
(d) Lovejoy.

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

3. ___________ felt that he was at a disadvantage because he had no formal education.
(a) Henry James Jr.
(b) Wilky James.
(c) Bob James.
(d) William James.

4. ___________was a protege of George Cuvier and Alexander von Humboldt.
(a) William James.
(b) Henry James Jr.
(c) Samuel George Morton.
(d) Louis Agassiz.

5. William James spent a great deal of time and energy on being indecisive, but he was able to use it to create the idea of _________.
(a) Separatism.
(b) Abolitionism.
(c) Antagonism.
(d) Pragmatism.

Short Answer Questions

1. 12 years out of school, Holmes wrote an article based on ________, the idea that if one does his job correctly and with honor, one should be fulfilled.

2. The Battle of the Wilderness claimed 60,000 lives and was fought over the span of _________.

3. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Ralph Waldo Emerson worked together in order to found the ___________.

4. _________ had more spindles of cotton than all of the eleven states of the South put together.

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

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