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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. _________ was able to integrate polygenism into the South by linking it to Christianity.
(a) George Glidden.
(b) Louis Agassiz.
(c) Josiah Nott.
(d) Samuel Cartwright.

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

3. __________ is the theory stating that races originate from separate sources.
(a) Monotheism.
(b) Polytheism.
(c) Polygenism.
(d) Monogenism.

4. Henry James Sr. became involved with all of the following religious groups except _________.
(a) Scottish Baptists.
(b) Primitive Christians.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Swedenborgism.

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Ralph Waldo Emerson worked together in order to found the ___________.
(a) Boston Gazette.
(b) Harvard Magazine.
(c) New Yorker.
(d) Atlantic Monthly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1897 _________ made a speech during a monument dedication to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.

2. William James believed that there were always more solutions to a project than a single person could create, which led to the idea of ___________.

3. Charles Pierce had an addiction to ______ that started due to a childhood prescription for facial neuralgia.

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

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

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