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

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

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

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 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 8 | Part 5, Chapter 14 Pluralisms, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ lowered employee wages but refused to help them in any way including lowering rent in the buildings he owned.
(a) Dewey.
(b) Pullman.
(c) Morris.
(d) Pushman.

2. _________ was a Vermont Transcendentalist born in 1859 and was close to being socialist in viewpoint.
(a) Frederick Dewey.
(b) Archibald Dewey.
(c) Lucina Dewey.
(d) John Dewey.

3. Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Staff created _______ in the poorest section of Chicago.
(a) Pushman house.
(b) Hull house.
(c) Pullman house.
(d) Taylor house.

4. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.
(a) Medicine.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Biology.
(d) Law.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Henry James Sr. was born again during the _________.

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

4. ___________ disliked immigration and created a society of married women who demanded their husbands pay for housecleaning.

5. Quetlet published several pieces that pointed to societal factors instead of biological factors. Which country in Europe were unsure of his work?

(see the answer key)

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