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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Modern studies have shown that the two causes of the Great Molasses Flood were shoddy construction and an explosion caused by what?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A lit cigarette.
(c) Arson.
(d) Fermentation.

2. In front of what location are the suffragists picketing, in the photograph included just prior to the opening of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?
(a) The Executive Mansion.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) The Pentagon.
(d) The Washington Memorial.

3. What did the Washington, D.C. police do when "many of the marchers were grabbed, shoved, and knocked down" (46) during Alice Paul's suffrage parade?
(a) They called off the march.
(b) They arrested the culprits.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They arrested the marchers.

4. Before Ogden ruled that USIA would be held financially responsible for the harm it caused to victims of the flood, how many other corporations had been deemed liable for their actions in such a way?
(a) 9.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

5. In what year was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) created, with Susan B. "Anthony as its main driving force" (37)?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Over" how many "individuals and companies filed lawsuits against USIA" (29) in the aftermath of the Great Molasses Flood?

2. What color did USIA paint the container in an effort to camouflage its numerous leaks oozing molasses?

3. What kind of establishment did Martin Clougherty own in the North End of Boston?

4. The largest-ever suffrage parade attracted about how many participants?

5. What job did the man have who ended up being tossed into the harbor after narrowly escaping other perils in the Great Molasses Flood?

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