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. The Battle of the Wilderness was fought by generals Lee and ________.
(a) McClellan.
(b) Grant.
(c) 'Stonewall Jackson.'
(d) Wright.

2. The organizer of the American Railroad Union was arrested ________.
(a) Three times.
(b) Two times.
(c) Four times.
(d) One time.

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

4. During the Civil War _________ spent ninety days with the Newport Artillery, but then spent the rest of the war studying medicine at Harvard.
(a) Henry Abbott.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Charles Lowell.
(d) William James.

5. __________ talked the Belgian government into building an observatory and sending him to Paris to get training.
(a) Henry Thomas Buckle.
(b) Adolph Quetlet.
(c) Joseph Fourier.
(d) Charles Pierce.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________was a physician from Montgomery, Alabama that did not agree with slavery but was afraid of Black people.

2. The Battle of the Wilderness claimed 60,000 lives and was fought over the span of _________.

3. In 1854 __________ published a two-book set entitled Types of Mankind asserting the supremacy of the white race.

4. ________ was fired from Johns Hopkins University due to his personal problems from the past.

5. William James was an extreme ________ like his father, but disagreed with many of his father's ideals.

(see the answer key)

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