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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. _______ used his studies of Black Egyptian skulls to conclude that black people had always been slaves.
(a) Samuel George Morton.
(b) Louis Agassiz.
(c) William James.
(d) Henry James Sr.

2. William James was an extreme ________ like his father, but disagreed with many of his father's ideals.
(a) Protestant.
(b) Scottish Baptist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Platonist.

3. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.
(a) Biology.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Law.

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

5. ___________ published many newspaper columns and books through donations or self-publication.
(a) Charles Lowell.
(b) William James.
(c) Henry James Sr.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry James Sr. rebelled against his father and took up religion in the form of ___________.

2. ___________was a protege of George Cuvier and Alexander von Humboldt.

3. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.

4. One member of the Metaphysical Club was Chauncy Wright also known as the local ____________.

5. __________ believed that results not logic created beliefs.

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