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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. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.
(a) Phillips.
(b) James.
(c) Lovejoy.
(d) Holmes Sr.

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

3. In 1854 __________ published a two-book set entitled Types of Mankind asserting the supremacy of the white race.
(a) Agassiz and Glidden.
(b) Nott and Agassiz.
(c) Nott and James.
(d) Nott and Glidden.

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

5. _________ had more spindles of cotton than all of the eleven states of the South put together.
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Boston.
(c) Jamestown.
(d) Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry Dana, Charles Sumner and Charles Adams wanted to use the governmental system to stop the spread of slavery. They were _________.

2. Henry James Sr. was born again during the _________.

3. Benjamin and Charles Pierce were called to verify the authenticity of a will document produced by __________.

4. Before the war, Holmes considered _________ to be the center of intellectual thinking, like his father before him.

5. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.

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