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

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

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

4. During the Civil War _________ spent ninety days with the Newport Artillery, but then spent the rest of the war studying medicine at Harvard.
(a) Henry Abbott.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Charles Lowell.
(d) William James.

5. 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 _________.
(a) Antagonism.
(b) Separatism.
(c) Abolitionism.
(d) Pragmatism.

Short Answer Questions

1. The dominant political party during the time of the Civil War was ________.

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

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

4. ________ was an officer in the Union Army and was known to many as Captain for the rest of his life.

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

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