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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ was Vermont Transcendentalism, a conservative transcendentalism that focuses on preserving institutions and systems.
(a) Montpelier philosophy.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Liberal individualism.
(d) Burlington philosophy.

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

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

4. Henry Sr. viewed _________ as he did everything, with a distrust of institutions.
(a) Education.
(b) Military.
(c) Religion.
(d) Government.

5. The military leaders during the time of the civil war were often chosen due to __________.
(a) Military training.
(b) Battle prowess.
(c) Demonstrated leadership.
(d) Political influence.

6. William James was an extreme ________ like his father, but disagreed with many of his father's ideals.
(a) Protestant.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Scottish Baptist.
(d) Platonist.

7. William James believed that there were always more solutions to a project than a single person could create, which led to the idea of ___________.
(a) Polygenism.
(b) Polytheism.
(c) Scientific Monism.
(d) Scientific Pluralism.

8. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court for _______ years.
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

9. __________ created the method of least squares in order to find the true location of the object.
(a) Adrien Legendre.
(b) Carl Gauss.
(c) Benjamin Pierce.
(d) Pierre Laplace.

10. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.
(a) James.
(b) Lovejoy.
(c) Phillips.
(d) Holmes Sr.

11. 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) Jobbism.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Separatism.
(d) Occupationism.

12. __________ states that since there is no unknown variable, the measurement is likely to be between the two extremes.
(a) The Law of Errors.
(b) The Bell Curve Law.
(c) The Law of Probability.
(d) The Law of Statistics.

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

14. ___________ felt that he was at a disadvantage because he had no formal education.
(a) Bob James.
(b) Henry James Jr.
(c) William James.
(d) Wilky James.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. __________consisted mainly of abolitionists which was shown when it enrolled 34,000 out of 37,000 available men for the war.

2. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Ralph Waldo Emerson worked together in order to found the ___________.

3. _________ believed that laws were tools used by judges to set guidelines but were not actual and definitive.

4. Even though he had no formal education in either, ___________ taught psychology and philosophy at Harvard.

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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