The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 12 Chicago, Section 4 | Part 4, Chapter 12 Chicago, Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Abolitionism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Separatism.
(d) Antagonism.

2. William James concluded from his trip to Brazil that the effects of race and circumstances depend on a person's __________.
(a) Temperament.
(b) Personality.
(c) Adaptability.
(d) Upbringing.

3. Eventually G. Stanley Hall was able to talk his employer into sending him to _______ to study more.
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Belgium.

4. __________consisted mainly of abolitionists which was shown when it enrolled 34,000 out of 37,000 available men for the war.
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) New York.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Massachusetts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end Gillman ended up hiring ________ of James' suggestions for new faculty positions.

2. Students in Dewey's classes were taught by _______.

3. One member of the Metaphysical Club was Chauncy Wright also known as the local ____________.

4. The war had been compared to _________ and the Union soldiers rallied themselves around it.

5. Hall gave lectures to educators concerning an educational system created by _________.

(see the answer key)

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