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

2. After Holmes returned to the army following the Battle of Fredericksburg, there was a new regiment created of black volunteers, the __________.
(a) 57th Massachusetts.
(b) 45th Massachusetts.
(c) 54th Massachusetts.
(d) 59th Massachusetts.

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

4. ___________ disliked immigration and created a society of married women who demanded their husbands pay for housecleaning.
(a) Sarah Pierce.
(b) Elizabeth Agassiz.
(c) Harriet Melusina Fay.
(d) Hetty Robinson.

5. A land grant was received for the school that stipulated that it be run by __________.
(a) White males.
(b) A board of trustees.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) Eleazer Wheelock.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Dewey attended the University of Vermont and was a supporter of __________.

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

3. Henry James Sr. became involved with all of the following religious groups except _________.

4. The war had been compared to _________ and the Union soldiers rallied themselves around it.

5. After several political battles the school was administered by _________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Abolitionists view the Unionists during the period of the Civil War?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did many people fear the idea of mathematical laws, such as the Law of Errors?

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

10. What were the two occupations between which William James kept having troubles making up his mind?

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