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

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 G

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 5, Chapter 15 Freedoms, Section 3 | Part 5, Chapter 15 Freedoms, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Ralph Waldo Emerson worked together in order to found the ___________.
(a) New Yorker.
(b) Boston Gazette.
(c) Atlantic Monthly.
(d) Harvard Magazine.

2. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a(n) _________.
(a) Segregationist.
(b) Unionist.
(c) Abolitionist.
(d) Populist.

3. Holmes believed that experiences are governed by society and thus _________.
(a) Have no effect on the individual.
(b) Are infallible.
(c) Change over time.
(d) Stay the same over time.

4. Morris returned to the University of Michigan and _______ followed him.
(a) Charles Pierce.
(b) William James.
(c) John Dewey.
(d) Francis Parker.

5. In 1900, James was scheduled to lecture at the ____________ but became ill and wasn't able to do it until 1902.
(a) Columbia Univeristy.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) University of Chicago.
(d) University of Edinburgh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry James Sr. rebelled against his father and took up religion in the form of ___________.

2. ___________was a protege of George Cuvier and Alexander von Humboldt.

3. In September of 1876 __________ died of an overdose at the age of 46.

4. When the expedition to Brazil returned, _________ gave lectures about evidence of the Ice Age in Brazil.

5. 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 ____________

(see the answer key)

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