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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3 The Wilderness, Section 5 | Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 1 | Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The dominant political party during the time of the Civil War was ________.
(a) Whig Party.
(b) Republican Party.
(c) Independent Party
(d) Democratic Party.

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

3. Holmes was wounded ______ times during the Civil War.
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

4. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.
(a) Holmes Sr.
(b) Lovejoy.
(c) James.
(d) Phillips.

5. Henry Dana, Charles Sumner and Charles Adams wanted to use the governmental system to stop the spread of slavery. They were _________.
(a) Separationists.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Conscious Whigs.
(d) Republicans.

Short Answer Questions

1. In January of 1861, Richard Hallowell hired Holmes as a body guard for __________.

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. Holmes joined the army because he felt that it was his duty to fight for what he believed. What was his first battle?

4. The war had been compared to _________ and the Union soldiers rallied themselves around it.

5. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court for _______ years.

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