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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who rides in the first carriage across the bridge?
(a) Emily Roebling
(b) Mayor Giuliani
(c) President Chester A. Arthur
(d) Warner Roebling

2. What is Harriet's nickname?
(a) Beaches
(b) Harrie
(c) Hat pin
(d) Hattie

3. According to Remington the West is filled with horses, blood and _________________.
(a) cacti
(b) profanity
(c) bandits
(d) whiskey

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

5. To what artist is Plowden's photography compared?
(a) Claude Monet
(b) Pablo Picasso
(c) Wassily Kandinsky
(d) Edward Hopper

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does David McCullough live and work?

2. Why does Charles Lindbergh's popularity plummet by 1940?

3. Where does Theodore Roosevelt spend his time in this chapter?

4. What is the name of Humboldt's last book geared toward nonscientific readers?

5. Which of the following does Plowden not arrive in time to photograph before its demise?

(see the answer key)

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