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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city is Frederic Remington when the chapter opens?
(a) Las Vegas
(b) Kansas City
(c) Dodge City
(d) Oklahoma City

2. What does Stowe do after her friend, Eliza Stowe, dies?
(a) Marries Eliza's husband
(b) Writes her biography
(c) Adopts her children
(d) Manages her estate

3. Where was the first stake for the railroad driven?
(a) Balboa Island
(b) Victoria Island
(c) Ellis Island
(d) Manzanillo Island

4. Who is the president of the project who dies of malaria on the job?
(a) William Henry Aspinwald
(b) John Lloyd Stephens
(c) Henry Chauncey
(d) Frederic Remington

5. Which U.S. president did Humboldt visit in 1804?
(a) Thomas Jefferson
(b) John Quincy Adams
(c) James Madison
(d) Abraham Lincoln

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the impetus for the railroad?

2. Who does Harriet claim wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

3. People find Remington to be full of high spirits and _________________.

4. "Agassiz belongs to that class of naturalists who see ___________ in everything."

5. What does Agassiz turn into a temporary museum filled with his new collection of specimens?

(see the answer key)

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