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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. Oliver Wendell Holmes often preached the __________.
(a) The equality of all people.
(b) Good word of the Bible.
(c) The evils of slavery.
(d) Superiority of white people.

2. William James believed that there were always more solutions to a project than a single person could create, which led to the idea of ___________.
(a) Scientific Pluralism.
(b) Polygenism.
(c) Polytheism.
(d) Scientific Monism.

3. The Battle of the Wilderness was fought by generals Lee and ________.
(a) Wright.
(b) McClellan.
(c) Grant.
(d) 'Stonewall Jackson.'

4. In 1897 _________ made a speech during a monument dedication to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
(a) Josiah Nott.
(b) Louis Agassiz.
(c) William James.
(d) Charles Darwin.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While in Brazil, ________ found the people there to be 'refined and gentlemanly' and had to reconsider previous beliefs.

3. 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 _________.

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

5. Henry Dana, Charles Sumner and Charles Adams wanted to use the governmental system to stop the spread of slavery. They were _________.

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