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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 9 The Metaphysical Club, Section 2 | Part 3, Chapter 9 The Metaphysical Club, Section 3 | Part 3, Chapter 9 The Metaphysical Club, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ____________ lobbied Congress to help create a National Academy of Science.
(a) Charles Darwin and Louis Agassiz.
(b) Charles Pierce and Louis Agassiz.
(c) Benjamin Pierce and Louis Agassiz.
(d) Josiah Nott and Benjamin Pierce.

2. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a(n) _________.
(a) Abolitionist.
(b) Populist.
(c) Segregationist.
(d) Unionist.

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

4. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.
(a) Occupational.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Educational.
(d) Religious.

5. Charles Pierce wrote about the Metaphysical Club _______ years after it took place.
(a) 5.
(b) 35.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Even though he had no formal education in either, ___________ taught psychology and philosophy at Harvard.

3. Which person was not a member of the 'Septum'?

4. When the expedition to Brazil returned, _________ gave lectures about evidence of the Ice Age in Brazil.

5. The Civil War caused the beliefs of previous times to be __________.

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