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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 7 The Pierces, Section 5 | Part 3, Chapter 8 The Law of Errors, Section 1 | Part 3, Chapter 8 The Law of Errors, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oliver Wendell Holmes often preached the __________.
(a) The equality of all people.
(b) Superiority of white people.
(c) The evils of slavery.
(d) Good word of the Bible.

2. 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) Educational.
(d) Artistic.

3. ___________was a protege of George Cuvier and Alexander von Humboldt.
(a) William James.
(b) Henry James Jr.
(c) Samuel George Morton.
(d) Louis Agassiz.

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

5. Henry James had a relationship with _________ who like him disliked institutionalization and systems.
(a) Henry Abbott.
(b) Charles Lowell.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whaling expeditions were often underwritten by agencies which were run by __________.

3. ____________ began with a drunken man hallucinating in a tavern. This religion later became affiliated with Mesmerism.

4. William James concluded from his trip to Brazil that the effects of race and circumstances depend on a person's __________.

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

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