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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) William James
(b) Henry James Jr.
(c) Bob James.
(d) Henry James Sr.

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

3. Henry James Sr. became involved with all of the following religious groups except _________.
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Swedenborgism.
(c) Primitive Christians.
(d) Scottish Baptists.

4. William James concluded from his trip to Brazil that the effects of race and circumstances depend on a person's __________.
(a) Temperament.
(b) Adaptability.
(c) Upbringing.
(d) Personality.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Due to Henry James Sr.'s religious beliefs, his wife Mary Walsh had to resign her membership at the _________ church before their marriage.

3. In 1897 _________ made a speech during a monument dedication to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.

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

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

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