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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. Henry James Sr. was born again during the _________.
(a) Civil War.
(b) Transcendentalist Movement.
(c) Awakening.
(d) Great Second Awakening.

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

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

4. ________ took statistics from numbers to people and created social mechanics.
(a) Adrien Legendre.
(b) Carl Gauss.
(c) Pierre Laplace.
(d) Benjamin Pierce.

5. Louis Agassiz gained fame because of his discovery of _________.
(a) The Ice Age.
(b) Electrons.
(c) The dinosaurs.
(d) The wooly mammoth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oliver Wendell Holmes often preached the __________.

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

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. 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 ____________

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

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