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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. Even though he had no formal education in either, ___________ taught psychology and philosophy at Harvard.
(a) Bob James.
(b) Henry James Jr.
(c) Henry James Sr.
(d) William James

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

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

4. 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) Democrats.
(d) Separationists.

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Ralph Waldo Emerson worked together in order to found the ___________.
(a) New Yorker.
(b) Atlantic Monthly.
(c) Boston Gazette.
(d) Harvard Magazine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Battle of the Wilderness was fought by generals Lee and ________.

3. 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.

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

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes often preached the __________.

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