"There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal."
--Calvin Coolidge
The answers are at the end of the quiz. 26. The paper used in U.S. currency is manufactured where?
a. Essex
b. Malden
c. Dalton
27. The state has one nuclear power plant. Where?
a. Plymouth
b. Burlington
c. Revere
28. Boston was the site of the nation's first subway system, constructed when?
a. 1912
b. 1895
c. 1790
29. The airport in Boston is called what?
a. Logan International Airport
b. East Boston Airport
c. Atlantic International Airport
30. Who said, "We say the cows laid out Boston. Well, there are worse surveyors."?
a. Cory Atkins
b. Christopher Fallon
c. Ralph Waldo Emerson
31. The earliest settlers were what?
a. Irish
b. Polish
c. English
32. In the 1840s, what in Ireland drove many Irish to Massachusetts?
a. the potato famine
b. the strawberry shortage
c. a flu epidemic
33. Founded in Massachusetts in 1635, what is America's first secondary school?
a. Roxbury High School
b. Boston Latin School
c. Brookline High School
34. What is the oldest college in the United States, chartered in 1636?
a. Harvard University
b. MIT
c. Boston College
35. In 1834, what advocate of higher education for women helped organize Wheaton Female Seminary, which later became Wheaton College?
a. Melissa Hurley
b. Mary Lyon
c. Carol A. Donovan
36. Where is Mount Holyoke College?
a. South Hadley
b. Belmont
c. Watertown
37. Who was the first secretary of the Massachusetts board of education?
a. Susan C. Fargo
b. Stephen F. Lynch
c. Horace Mann
38. Where was the nation's first state normal school located?
a. Lexington
b. Sudbury
c. Acton
39. In what year did Massachusetts become the first state to pass legislation making school attendance mandatory?
a. 1950
b. 1929
c. 1852
40. When was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology founded?
a. 1865
b. 1635
c. 1800
41. Where is Radcliffe College located?
a. Westfield
b. Cambridge
c. Woburn
42. Where is Tufts University located?
a. Medford
b. Andover
c. Hadley
43. What year was Boston University founded?
a. 1912
b. 1946
c. 1839
44. Where is Boston College located?
a. Chestnut Hill
b. Milton
c. Wenham
45. Clark University and the College of the Holy Cross are where?
a. Andover
b. Worcester
c. Melrose
46. Where is Brandeis University located?
a. Waltham
b. Pittsfield
c. Lawrence
47. Smith College is where?
a. Cambridge
b. Northampton
c. Newton
48. Amherst College and Hampshire College are located where?
a. Hampshire
b. Haverhill
c. Amherst
49. Where is Williams College?
a. Williamstown
b. Leominster
c. Rockland
50. What is the largest university library in the United States?
a. MIT Library
b. Harvard University Library
c. Amherst College Library
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