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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry James Sr. preached _________ and stated that there was no room for morality.
(a) Atheism.
(b) Free love.
(c) Abstinence.
(d) Slavery as a virtue.

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

3. The dominant political party during the time of the Civil War was ________.
(a) Democratic Party.
(b) Independent Party
(c) Whig Party.
(d) Republican Party.

4. In 1854 __________ published a two-book set entitled Types of Mankind asserting the supremacy of the white race.
(a) Agassiz and Glidden.
(b) Nott and Agassiz.
(c) Nott and James.
(d) Nott and Glidden.

5. Dartmouth University started as an attempt to build a school for ____________.
(a) Native Americans.
(b) Mexican Americans.
(c) Irish Americans.
(d) Black Americans.

6. Even though he had no formal education in either, ___________ taught psychology and philosophy at Harvard.
(a) Bob James.
(b) Henry James Sr.
(c) William James
(d) Henry James Jr.

7. After several political battles the school was administered by _________.
(a) Eleazer Wheelock.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) John Wheelock.
(d) The original 12 member board of trustees.

8. In January of 1861, Richard Hallowell hired Holmes as a body guard for __________.
(a) Lovejoy.
(b) John Brown.
(c) Dred Scott.
(d) Wendell Phillips.

9. ____________ began with a drunken man hallucinating in a tavern. This religion later became affiliated with Mesmerism.
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Scottish Baptism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Swedenborgism.

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

11. What planet's discovery did Benjamin Pierce call 'a happy accident'
(a) Pluto.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Neptune.

12. Holmes joined the army because he felt that it was his duty to fight for what he believed. What was his first battle?
(a) The Battle at Ball's Bluff.
(b) The Battle of Bull Run.
(c) The Battle of Antietam.
(d) The Battle of Chancelorsville.

13. When the expedition to Brazil returned, _________ gave lectures about evidence of the Ice Age in Brazil.
(a) Elisabeth Agassiz.
(b) Louis Agassiz.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) William James.

14. Quetlet published several pieces that pointed to societal factors instead of biological factors. Which country in Europe were unsure of his work?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Belgium.
(d) France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Wright believed that ___________ is the difference between facts and values.

2. Which person was not a member of the 'Septum'?

3. __________ created the method of least squares in order to find the true location of the object.

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

5. Many Southerners and Northerners found a problem with _________ because it seemed to contradict Genesis.

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