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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. What does Carter Harrison urge businesses to do on Chicago Day?

2. Whose bodies does Geyer find in Toronto?

3. In which month does the attendance rise?

4. Which of the following do Anna and Minnie not see at the fair?

5. Where does the British navy boat sink?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Millet in the Aboard the Olympic chapter?

2. Why does Burnham have to raise attendance?

3. Why does Burnham not listen to advice from Olmsted?

4. What do Minnie and Anna see at the fair?

5. Describe the Spanish Royal Emissary's visit to Chicago.

6. How does Holmes seduce Georgianna?

7. What eventually happens to Burnham and his wife?

8. What happens to Olmstead in the Recessional chapter?

9. What happens in Mr. Chamberlain's office in the Departure chapter?

10. Why does Burnham feel he is a failure in the At Last chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What difference did the fair make to Chicago? Did Chicago need to change? Were there negative effects of the fair as well as positive affects? How can such an event affect the mindset and confidence of a population?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Burnham's role in making the Exposition a success.

1) Should Burnham should be regarded as a hero for how he persevered with the Exposition?

2) What role did the other workers play in the success? What do the students think would have happened if Burnham had given up?

3) How important is a leader to such an effort?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the city of Chicago before the fair to the city of Chicago after the fair. How did the fair affect the city in terms of the following:

1) Crime

2) Jobs

3) Tourism

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