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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 and Charles Pierce became friends while they were both attending ___________.
(a) Lawrence Scientific School.
(b) Cambridge University.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) Harvard University.

2. Henry James had a relationship with _________ who like him disliked institutionalization and systems.
(a) Henry Abbott.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Charles Lowell.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

3. Which person was not a member of the 'Septum'?
(a) Henry Buckle.
(b) Chauncy Wright.
(c) Ephraim Gurney.
(d) Charles Eliot.

4. The method of least squares was used by Charles in his research for the Coast Survey which led to being considered one of the best ____________
(a) Astronomers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Statisticians.
(d) Meteorologists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When his salary was less than expected John Dewey decided to _________.

2. _________ states that the government is created by individuals for the purpose of protecting those individuals.

3. _________ left the University of Michigan at 35 to become the chair at the University of Chicago.

4. What planet's discovery did Benjamin Pierce call 'a happy accident'

5. Holmes joined the army because he felt that it was his duty to fight for what he believed. What was his first battle?

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