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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. William James was an extreme ________ like his father, but disagreed with many of his father's ideals.

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

3. ________ took statistics from numbers to people and created social mechanics.

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

5. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did James think about the relationship between science and society?

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

6. What happened during the Battle of the Wilderness, according to historical records?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The main achievement of this time was the development of a modern life and a modern society.

Part 1: Why was it important for the society to develop into a more modern landscape during this time?

Part 2: Why do you think society didn't believe it was modern 'enough' during this time period?

Part 3: In what ways did society change from that period of time to the modern day today? Are we even more modern now? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Morris was trying to decide how to reconcile science and faith in his own mind - a popular topic of discussion and study.

Part 1: Why do you think faith and science have a difficult time 'getting along' in terms of their ideas?

Part 2: Do you think that faith and science have common ground? Why or why not?

Part 3: Can science and father ever be reconciled? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In some cases of these great thinkers of the book, the relationship between the father and son influenced the discoveries and the ideas.

Part 1: Why do you think the father figure has so much influence over the son?

Part 2: Why do you think these great thinkers were at odds with their fathers in many cases?

Part 3: What might have happened had the fathers and sons gotten along better? Why?

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