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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. __________ believed that results not logic created beliefs.
(a) Chauncy Wright.
(b) William James.
(c) Charles Eliot.
(d) Henry Buckle.

2. Wright believed that ___________ is the difference between facts and values.
(a) Negativism.
(b) Positivism.
(c) Constructivism.
(d) Pragmatism.

3. __________ talked the Belgian government into building an observatory and sending him to Paris to get training.
(a) Adolph Quetlet.
(b) Henry Thomas Buckle.
(c) Charles Pierce.
(d) Joseph Fourier.

4. In 1897 _________ made a speech during a monument dedication to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Louis Agassiz.
(c) Josiah Nott.
(d) William James.

5. Benjamin and Charles Pierce were called to verify the authenticity of a will document produced by __________.
(a) Sylvia Ann Howland.
(b) Isaac Howland Jr.
(c) Hetty Robinson.
(d) Edward Mott Robinson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many Southerners and Northerners found a problem with _________ because it seemed to contradict Genesis.

2. 12 years out of school, Holmes wrote an article based on ________, the idea that if one does his job correctly and with honor, one should be fulfilled.

3. ___________was a physician from Montgomery, Alabama that did not agree with slavery but was afraid of Black people.

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

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

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