Brave Companions Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

David McCullough
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Brave Companions Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

David McCullough
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 113 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Humboldt is one of the earliest _________________.
(a) mathemeticians
(b) astrologers
(c) ecologists
(d) astronomers

2. What does Agassiz turn into a temporary museum filled with his new collection of specimens?
(a) The natatorium
(b) His garage
(c) A bathhouse
(d) The cafeteria

3. Humboldt is the first European to ___________________________________.
(a) create a botanical garden
(b) fly from Paris to New York
(c) sail through the Panama Canal
(d) sense the greatness of America's Incan and Mayan civilizations

4. Who is Aime Bonpland?
(a) Humboldt's partner
(b) Humboldt's father
(c) Humboldt's mentor
(d) Humboldt's minister

5. Agassiz becomes American's premiere _______________.
(a) filmmaker
(b) painter
(c) naturalist
(d) sculptor

Short Answer Questions

1. What life does Harriet come to like?

2. Humboldt and Bonpland explored the New World colonies of which country?

3. What subject had been an unpleasant one to Harriet since her childhood?

4. Why does Agassiz first come to the United States?

5. What is the name of Humboldt's book that inspired Charles Darwin and others?

(see the answer key)

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