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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. ________ was an officer in the Union Army and was known to many as Captain for the rest of his life.
(a) John Dewey.
(b) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
(c) William James.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

3. 12 years out of school, Holmes wrote an article based on ________, the idea that if one does his job correctly and with honor, one should be fulfilled.
(a) Separatism.
(b) Jobbism.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Occupationism.

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) Politicians.
(b) Meteorologists.
(c) Statisticians.
(d) Astronomers.

5. ____________ lobbied Congress to help create a National Academy of Science.
(a) Charles Pierce and Louis Agassiz.
(b) Josiah Nott and Benjamin Pierce.
(c) Benjamin Pierce and Louis Agassiz.
(d) Charles Darwin and Louis Agassiz.

6. Holmes' experiences during the war led him to believe that imposing one's beliefs would always lead to __________.
(a) Change.
(b) Peace.
(c) Violence.
(d) Slavery.

7. _________ founded the Metaphysical Club in 1872 in Cambridge.
(a) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
(b) Charles Pierce.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) William James.

8. __________consisted mainly of abolitionists which was shown when it enrolled 34,000 out of 37,000 available men for the war.
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) Vermont.
(d) New Hampshire.

9. The Civil War caused the beliefs of previous times to be __________.
(a) Discredited.
(b) Respected.
(c) Promoted.
(d) Embraced.

10. Henry James Sr. rebelled against his father and took up religion in the form of ___________.
(a) Swedenborgian.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Scottish Baptist.
(d) Lutheran.

11. John Dewey attended the University of Vermont and was a supporter of __________.
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Conservative individualism.
(c) Burlington philosophy.
(d) Montpelier philosophy.

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

13. In the North, people were split between the Abolitionists and the _________.
(a) Segregationists.
(b) Populists.
(c) Unionists.
(d) Pro-slavery faction.

14. _________ was a Vermont Transcendentalist born in 1859 and was close to being socialist in viewpoint.
(a) Archibald Dewey.
(b) Lucina Dewey.
(c) Frederick Dewey.
(d) John Dewey.

15. While in Brazil, ________ found the people there to be 'refined and gentlemanly' and had to reconsider previous beliefs.
(a) Elizabeth Agassiz.
(b) George Glidden.
(c) William James.
(d) Louis Agassiz.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ is the theory stating that races originate from separate sources.

2. Henry James Sr. was born again during the _________.

3. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.

4. Oliver Wendell Holmes often preached the __________.

5. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.

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