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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. After Hall discredited several candidates for the professor of philosophy position, one was finally hired in __________.

2. James asked his brother to stay with him after death to see if they could still ___________ after he was dead.

3. G. Stanley Hall studied New Psychology and received a PhD under _________ at Harvard.

4. Which amendment was created to give black people more rights and to protect them after the Civil War?

5. What was the organization that Dewey, Lovejoy, and Cattell created in 1915, similar to the AMA or the ABA?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who created the Hull House in the poorest section of Chicago?

5. Why did Pierce and his wife go to New York after he was fired from the Coast Survey?

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

7. Why did Kallen give up his religion at first, though he ended up returning later on?

8. Why was Cattell fired from Columbia University with the start of WWI?

9. What did Pierce have to do because of the cancer that ravaged his body in his later years?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To a certain extent, many of the families of the thinkers had certain advantages over other families in the area.

Part 1: Do you think it's fair for some families to have advantages in relation to education? Why or why not?

Part 2: If the educational playing field could be completely level, do you think there could be great thinkers? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think so many of the thinkers in this story had the success they did?

Essay Topic 2

Education is a strong character in this manuscript as well, helping to bring together the members of the Metaphysical Club.

Part 1: Why do you think education was so important to society during those times?

Part 2: Do you think education is more or less important today? Why?

Part 3: Why do you think so many great thinkers ended up at Harvard?

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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