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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. 12 years out of school, Holmes wrote an article based on ________, the idea that if one does his job correctly and with honor, one should be fulfilled.
(a) Separatism.
(b) Jobbism.
(c) Occupationism.
(d) Freedom.

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

3. Holmes was not present for the Battle of Fredericksburg and viewed it as _________.
(a) A waste of humanity.
(b) Racist.
(c) Proof of his convictions.
(d) A great success.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a(n) _________.

2. Holmes was wounded ______ times during the Civil War.

3. In the North, people were split between the Abolitionists and the _________.

4. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Ralph Waldo Emerson worked together in order to found the ___________.

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

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