The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Louis Menand
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The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court for _______ years.
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

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

3. _________ had more spindles of cotton than all of the eleven states of the South put together.
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Jamestown.
(d) Raleigh.

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

5. Henry James Sr. was born again during the _________.
(a) Transcendentalist Movement.
(b) Civil War.
(c) Awakening.
(d) Great Second Awakening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oliver Wendell Holmes often preached the __________.

2. ___________ felt that he was at a disadvantage because he had no formal education.

3. During the Civil War _________ spent ninety days with the Newport Artillery, but then spent the rest of the war studying medicine at Harvard.

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

5. ___________was a protege of George Cuvier and Alexander von Humboldt.

(see the answer key)

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