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

2. The Battle of the Wilderness claimed 60,000 lives and was fought over the span of _________.
(a) 60 days.
(b) 20 days.
(c) 40 days.
(d) 30 days.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Louis Agassiz gained fame because of his discovery of _________.

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

3. Henry Sr. viewed _________ as he did everything, with a distrust of institutions.

4. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.

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

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