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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. Charles Pierce had an addiction to ______ that started due to a childhood prescription for facial neuralgia.
(a) Opium.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Morphine.

2. Benjamin and Charles caused fear in the United States because of their use of ___________ in the trial.
(a) Signatures.
(b) Witnesses.
(c) Fear tactics.
(d) Statistics.

3. The method of least squares was used by Charles in his research for the Coast Survey which led to being considered one of the best ____________
(a) Astronomers.
(b) Statisticians.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Meteorologists.

4. ________ was an officer in the Union Army and was known to many as Captain for the rest of his life.
(a) John Dewey.
(b) William James.
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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

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. William James was an extreme ________ like his father, but disagreed with many of his father's ideals.

3. The military leaders during the time of the civil war were often chosen due to __________.

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

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

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