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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 6 | Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When his salary was less than expected John Dewey decided to _________.
(a) Move out of the country.
(b) Teach only during the fall.
(c) Take another position.
(d) Ask for more money.

5. The school was run based on the operating philosophies of ________ schools, including 'pure learning' and 'academic freedom'.
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Belgian.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1897 _________ made a speech during a monument dedication to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.

2. _________ had more spindles of cotton than all of the eleven states of the South put together.

3. Pierce believed that the universe was constantly evolving and trying to reach ___________.

4. When the schools combined, Dewey appointed _________ to be the principal.

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

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