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

2. The war had been compared to _________ and the Union soldiers rallied themselves around it.
(a) The storming of the Bastille.
(b) The Crusades.
(c) The Trojan War.
(d) The War of Independence.

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

4. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a(n) _________.
(a) Unionist.
(b) Populist.
(c) Abolitionist.
(d) Segregationist.

5. In April of 1864, an article was published in the __________ that made him rethink his exhaustion with the war.
(a) Atlantic Review.
(b) New Yorker.
(c) Harvard Magazine.
(d) North American Review.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

5. Henry James Sr. became involved with all of the following religious groups except _________.

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