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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Conrad Richter's profession?
(a) Writer
(b) Aviator
(c) Painter
(d) Biologist

2. In what year are treasures related to the Brooklyn Bridge found?
(a) 1949
(b) 1969
(c) 1955
(d) 1919

3. Who is the founder of Medora?
(a) Dale Medford
(b) Theodore Roosevelt
(c) Franklin Roosevelt
(d) Marquis de Mores

4. What is Conrad Richter's relationship to David McCullough?
(a) Golf partner
(b) Editor
(c) Friend
(d) Brother-in-law

5. Who is Louis Agassiz?
(a) Humboldt's protege
(b) Tennis player
(c) Jefferson's secretary
(d) President of France

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agassiz consider Darwin's ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION?

2. Who is the president of the project who dies of malaria on the job?

3. Roosevelt's family attribute his presidency and his Rough Riders to ______________________.

4. Where was the first stake for the railroad driven?

5. Vocabulary and _________________ are particularly important to Richter's writing.

(see the answer key)

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