Question 1

In 1870, most American colleges were

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A)   beginning to establish graduate programs based on the model of German universities.
B)   already well on their way to becoming major centers of research and innovation.
C)   just completing a decade of significant experiments in curriculum offerings and teaching methods.
D)   small and intellectually stagnant with few professors of any intellectual repute.

Question 2

Johns Hopkins became the leader in graduate education under the presidency of

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A)   Henry Adams.
B)   William Rainey Harper.
C)   Daniel Coit Gilman.
D)   Charles W. Eliot.

Question 3

The leader of what was called progressive education was

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A)   John Dewey.
B)   Johann F. Herbart.
C)   Horace Mann.
D)   Francis W. Parker.

Question 4

A form of education which illustrated the popular desire for new information in the late nineteenth century was the

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A)   Chautauqua movement.
B)   kindergarten.
C)   settlement house reading session.
D)   lyceum.

Question 5

The author who spent most of his adult life in Europe writing about the clash between American and European values in a rarefied, overly subtle style was

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A)   William Dean Howells.
B)   Theodore Dreiser.
C)   Henry James.
D)   Stephen Crane.

Question 6

Pragmatism encouraged

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A)   the use of theory.
B)   intellectualism.
C)   materialism.
D)   conventional morality.

Question 7

Mark Twain was both a satirist of American optimism in his writings and its victim in many misguided business ventures.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

University President Charles W. Eliot pioneered the

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A)   establishment of law and medical schools.
B)   adaptation of German teaching techniques to America.
C)   preparation of graduates for a career as ministers.
D)   introduction of the elective system.

Question 9

The most influential philosopher of his times and the main exponent of pragmatism was

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A)   Josiah Royce.
B)   Charles S. Pierce.
C)   John R. Commons.
D)   William James.

Question 10

The real name of the first great American realist, Mark Twain, was

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A)   Mark Clement.
B)   Samuel L. Clemens.
C)   William Dean Howells.
D)   John Singer Sargent.

Question 11

The popularity of William Dean Howells stemmed from his shocking lack of social conscience.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Under the influence of Charles Darwin, the new social sciences turned much of their energy to studying the

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A)   development of institutions and their interactions with each other.
B)   evolution-based patterns in human behavior.
C)   parallels between human and primate forms of social organization.
D)   immutable natural laws which govern all human behavior.

Question 13

To what methods did publishers turn in the nineteenth century to appeal to the masses?

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A)   printing mostly conservative political articles
B)   lowering cultural and intellectual standards and appealing to emotions
C)   remaining neutral and ignoring popular or radical causes
D)   focusing on law, sociology, anthropology, and the implications of pragmatism

Question 14

One of the problems with pragmatism was that it

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A)   seemed to be against the American ideal of rugged individualism.
B)   was based only on emotional appeal.
C)   originated in Europe.
D)   seemed to suggest that the end justified the means.

Question 15

Charlotte Perkins Gilman believed that society had been deprived of the creativity and ideas of women through its belief in the domestic ideal.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The so-called "Seven Sisters" were the first seven women to earn Ph.D. degrees from Harvard.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Although he had almost no formal training, Winslow Homer is considered a master because of his

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A)   portrayal of American slums.
B)   magnificent oils depicting classical subjects.
C)   non-representational explorations of shape and color.
D)   brilliant watercolors.

Question 18

The late-nineteenth-century theory of the Teutonic origins of democracy

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A)   argued that the roots of democracy and the rule of law were found in the ancient tribes of northern Europe.
B)   was violently opposed by Americans of British descent because it portrayed their ancestors so negatively.
C)   was initially rejected but has been subsequently validated by extensive research by historians and archaeologists.
D)   argued that the roots of democracy and the rule of law were found in the ancient peoples of the Middle East.

Question 19

The late-nineteenth-century American environment for art was

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A)   rather unproductive in the area of painting.
B)   friendly only to European artists.
C)   receptive only to artists working in watercolors.
D)   congenial to first-rate artists.

Question 20

Vassar College holds the distinction of

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A)   establishing the first modern graduate school.
B)   admitting the first woman to college.
C)   being the first college for women.
D)   being the first coeducational, racially integrated college.

Exam 19: Intellectual and Cultural Trends in the Late Nineteenth Century

A form of education which illustrated the popular desire for new information in the late nineteenth century was the

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The late-nineteenth-century theory of the Teutonic origins of democracy

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Mark Twain was both a satirist of American optimism in his writings and its victim in many misguided business ventures.

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One of the problems with pragmatism was that it

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To what methods did publishers turn in the nineteenth century to appeal to the masses?

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The late-nineteenth-century American environment for art was

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The popularity of William Dean Howells stemmed from his shocking lack of social conscience.

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In 1870, most American colleges were

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Pragmatism encouraged

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The most influential philosopher of his times and the main exponent of pragmatism was

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The author who spent most of his adult life in Europe writing about the clash between American and European values in a rarefied, overly subtle style was

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Under the influence of Charles Darwin, the new social sciences turned much of their energy to studying the

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University President Charles W. Eliot pioneered the

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The real name of the first great American realist, Mark Twain, was

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Although he had almost no formal training, Winslow Homer is considered a master because of his

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman believed that society had been deprived of the creativity and ideas of women through its belief in the domestic ideal.

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Johns Hopkins became the leader in graduate education under the presidency of

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The so-called "Seven Sisters" were the first seven women to earn Ph.D. degrees from Harvard.

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Vassar College holds the distinction of

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The leader of what was called progressive education was

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