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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. 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) Abolitionism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Separatism.
(d) Antagonism.

2. During the Civil War _________ spent ninety days with the Newport Artillery, but then spent the rest of the war studying medicine at Harvard.
(a) Charles Lowell.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Henry Abbott.
(d) William James.

3. Due to Henry James Sr.'s religious beliefs, his wife Mary Walsh had to resign her membership at the _________ church before their marriage.
(a) Scottish Baptist.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Swedenborgian.

4. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.
(a) Educational.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Occupational.
(d) Religious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the war, Holmes considered _________ to be the center of intellectual thinking, like his father before him.

2. Oliver Wendell Holmes often preached the __________.

3. Holmes' experiences during the war led him to believe that imposing one's beliefs would always lead to __________.

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

5. William James believed that there were always more solutions to a project than a single person could create, which led to the idea of ___________.

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