The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Test | Final Test - Medium

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Test | Final Test - Medium

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. The organizer of the American Railroad Union was arrested ________.
(a) Two times.
(b) One time.
(c) Three times.
(d) Four times.

2. When cultures define themselves, the eventually need to be ____________.
(a) Destroyed.
(b) Integrated.
(c) Broken up.
(d) Redefined.

3. Dewey started the laboratory school because he believed that Chicago public schools had a _________ on children.
(a) Bias.
(b) Depressive.
(c) Negative.
(d) Positive.

4. When the schools combined, Dewey appointed _________ to be the principal.
(a) His wife.
(b) Rockefeller.
(c) Anita Blaine.
(d) Parker.

5. Dewey believed that prejudice was just a phase that a society needed to go through in order to get to the new societal ________.
(a) Community.
(b) Whole.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end Gillman ended up hiring ________ of James' suggestions for new faculty positions.

2. Jane Addams wrote an article comparing the opposing sides in the Pullman strike to __________.

3. Morris returned to the University of Michigan and _______ followed him.

4. Kallen was asked to prepare __________ manuscripts for publication in 1915.

5. ___________ did not believe he was a pragmatist, even though he held many of the same beliefs.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dewey believe about mind and reality in his time after leaving Chicago?

2. What did Dewey and Holmes think about the idea of giving freedom to others?

3. What was the greatest achievement of Holmes which occurred before he was 40 years old?

4. Why was the book, "The Process of Government," fairly obscure in the market?

5. Who created the University of Chicago though he stayed out of all areas except the financial area?

6. What did Randolph Bourne believe his purpose in life was, according to this book?

7. What did G. Stanley Hall do when he decided against getting a job immediately after following Morris to Germany?

8. What are modern societies led by, according to the studies of Holmes?

9. When Charles Pierce arrived at the school, what did he announce he was going to revive?

10. What did Morris allow Dewey to do as he was his star pupil and eventually good friend?

(see the answer keys)

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