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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. Due to Henry James Sr.'s religious beliefs, his wife Mary Walsh had to resign her membership at the _________ church before their marriage.
(a) Swedenborgian.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Scottish Baptist.

2. Hegel espoused a ________ philosophy which was not in accordance with how James viewed the world.
(a) Pluralistic.
(b) Individualistic.
(c) Monistic.
(d) Contemporary.

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

4. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.
(a) Religious.
(b) Occupational.
(c) Artistic.
(d) Educational.

5. ____________ lobbied Congress to help create a National Academy of Science.
(a) Charles Pierce and Louis Agassiz.
(b) Josiah Nott and Benjamin Pierce.
(c) Benjamin Pierce and Louis Agassiz.
(d) Charles Darwin and Louis Agassiz.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________consisted mainly of abolitionists which was shown when it enrolled 34,000 out of 37,000 available men for the war.

2. _________ wrote a book called 'The Will to Believe' and dedicated it to Charles Pierce.

3. _________ was Vermont Transcendentalism, a conservative transcendentalism that focuses on preserving institutions and systems.

4. During the Civil War _________ spent ninety days with the Newport Artillery, but then spent the rest of the war studying medicine at Harvard.

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

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