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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. Before the war, Holmes considered _________ to be the center of intellectual thinking, like his father before him.
(a) Jamestown.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) Philadelphia.

2. Henry Sr. viewed _________ as he did everything, with a distrust of institutions.
(a) Religion.
(b) Military.
(c) Government.
(d) Education.

3. William James spent a great deal of time and energy on being indecisive, but he was able to use it to create the idea of _________.
(a) Antagonism.
(b) Separatism.
(c) Abolitionism.
(d) Pragmatism.

4. What planet's discovery did Benjamin Pierce call 'a happy accident'
(a) Pluto.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Jupiter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.

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

3. Louis Agassiz gained fame because of his discovery of _________.

4. In the North, people were split between the Abolitionists and the _________.

5. _________ believed that laws were tools used by judges to set guidelines but were not actual and definitive.

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