View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 of Chancelorsville.
(b) The Battle at Ball's Bluff.
(c) The Battle of Bull Run.
(d) The Battle of Antietam.

3. Holmes was not present for the Battle of Fredericksburg and viewed it as _________.
(a) Proof of his convictions.
(b) Racist.
(c) A waste of humanity.
(d) A great success.

4. The Battle of the Wilderness claimed 60,000 lives and was fought over the span of _________.
(a) 40 days.
(b) 30 days.
(c) 60 days.
(d) 20 days.

5. William James spent a great deal of time and energy on being indecisive, but he was able to use it to create the idea of _________.
(a) Antagonism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Abolitionism.
(d) Separatism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Holmes was wounded ______ times during the Civil War.

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

3. Agassiz wrote a letter to ________ stating that he had not found any real evidence of the Ice Age in South America.

4. What planet's discovery did Benjamin Pierce call 'a happy accident'

5. _________ founded the Metaphysical Club in 1872 in Cambridge.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Webster's argument in terms of the legal battle between the two Darmouths which arose?

2. What was in the essay that James read by a French philosopher which helped him to gain insight into two things?

3. What was based on a combination of the theory of probability and statistics?

4. Why was Boston the financial center for all cotton products in the mid 19th century?

5. Why did John Dewey eventually become interested in philosophy as the main direction of his work?

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

7. What did Agassiz want to prove about the fish that James caught while traveling in Brazil?

8. Define Charles Darwin's idea of natural selection in conjunction with the theory of evolution.

9. What did the experiences Holmes had in the Civil War lead him to believe about the cause of violence?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 619 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample