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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Benjamin and Charles Pierce were called to verify the authenticity of a will document produced by __________.
(a) Hetty Robinson.
(b) Isaac Howland Jr.
(c) Edward Mott Robinson.
(d) Sylvia Ann Howland.

2. Unlike Darwin, Charles Pierce did not believe that randomness __________.
(a) Was a fact of nature.
(b) Is related to statistics.
(c) Is based on laws.
(d) Serves a purpose.

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

4. In 1897 _________ made a speech during a monument dedication to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
(a) Louis Agassiz.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) William James.
(d) Josiah Nott.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dartmouth University started as an attempt to build a school for ____________.

2. ________ was an officer in the Union Army and was known to many as Captain for the rest of his life.

3. _______ used his studies of Black Egyptian skulls to conclude that black people had always been slaves.

4. A land grant was received for the school that stipulated that it be run by __________.

5. In April of 1864, an article was published in the __________ that made him rethink his exhaustion with the war.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some examples of the ways that Ernest Holmes changed the tone of the Harvard Magazine as the editor?

2. Why did William Henry Sr. always feel that he was at a disadvantage in his life?

3. What happened with the job that Wright had with the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac?

4. What did Quetlet use the method of least squares for when he was doing his own research?

5. Though John Dewey was often considered to be a liberal, what were some of his true views?

6. Why did Charles Pierce decide he wanted to found the Metaphysical Club in 1872?

7. Why did many of the Civil War soldiers felt their friends and family were dying during the war?

8. How did Dr. Samuel Cartwright help to integrate polygenism in the South?

9. Why were many of Henry's writings published for the public to see in books and in newspapers?

10. Why did Marsh dislike the idea of liberal individualism when it was created by Locke?

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