The Path Between the Seas Quiz Questions | Quiz: Book 1, Chapter 1 to Book 1, Chapter 3

Quiz: Book 1, Chapter 1 to Book 1, Chapter 3

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Cholera kills 48 of 50 technicians and 150 soldiers and dependents en route to duty in Panama in 1852, yet which Fourth Infantry member survives and becomes President?
a) Ulysses S. Grant.
b) Abraham Lincoln.
c) Rutherford B. Hayes.
d) Andrew Johnson.

2. A Saint Gotthard Tunnel engineer, Ribourt, warned the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique that, even 24 hours a day, the Wyse plan including a tunnel would take how long?
a) No less than 11 years.
b) Noless than 7 years.
c) No less than 9 years.
d) No less than 10 years.

3. "The Hero" is a reference to the esteem surrounding Ferdinand de Lesseps...
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