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

2. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court for _______ years.
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

3. Holmes was not present for the Battle of Fredericksburg and viewed it as _________.
(a) Proof of his convictions.
(b) A great success.
(c) Racist.
(d) A waste of humanity.

4. Louis Agassiz gained fame because of his discovery of _________.
(a) The wooly mammoth.
(b) Electrons.
(c) The Ice Age.
(d) The dinosaurs.

5. 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.
(a) Occupationism.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Jobbism.
(d) Separatism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ___________ disliked immigration and created a society of married women who demanded their husbands pay for housecleaning.

3. The Battle of the Wilderness was fought by generals Lee and ________.

4. In January of 1861, Richard Hallowell hired Holmes as a body guard for __________.

5. _______ used his studies of Black Egyptian skulls to conclude that black people had always been slaves.

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