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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. In September of 1876 __________ died of an overdose at the age of 46.
(a) Chauncy Wright.
(b) Nicholas St. John Green.
(c) William James.
(d) Charles Eliot.

2. In April of 1864, an article was published in the __________ that made him rethink his exhaustion with the war.
(a) Harvard Magazine.
(b) Atlantic Review.
(c) North American Review.
(d) New Yorker.

3. In 1854 __________ published a two-book set entitled Types of Mankind asserting the supremacy of the white race.
(a) Nott and Glidden.
(b) Nott and James.
(c) Nott and Agassiz.
(d) Agassiz and Glidden.

4. The philosophy that began to emerge with the formation of the Metaphysical Club is known as_________.
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Monogenism.
(c) Evolutionism.
(d) Polygenism.

5. ___________was a protege of George Cuvier and Alexander von Humboldt.
(a) William James.
(b) Samuel George Morton.
(c) Louis Agassiz.
(d) Henry James Jr.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After teaching high school in Pennsylvania, John Dewey enrolled at _________ in 1882.

3. __________ talked the Belgian government into building an observatory and sending him to Paris to get training.

4. Charles Pierce wrote about the Metaphysical Club _______ years after it took place.

5. William James and Charles Pierce became friends while they were both attending ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the two events in Henry Sr.'s life which seem to have changed him and his actions?

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

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

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

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

6. What did the Civil War allow Congress to create as it became more active than any other time in history?

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

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

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

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

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