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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many drawings are sent to be cleaned?
(a) 65
(b) 15
(c) 175
(d) 1,000

2. What does the person in #80 carry across the bridge as a symbol of victory?
(a) Trophy
(b) Peace flower
(c) Laurel wreath
(d) Rooster

3. Medora is the location of what national site?
(a) Little Big Horn
(b) Theodore Roosevelt National Park
(c) Grant's Tomb
(d) Mount Rushmore

4. The idea for the railroad originates with three men who are _______________________.
(a) not railroad men
(b) army officers
(c) railroad executives
(d) politicians

5. Why does Agassiz first come to the United States?
(a) To meet the president
(b) To go on a Lecture Tour
(c) To find a wife
(d) To teach at Yale

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Humboldt's book that inspired Charles Darwin and others?

2. The "Steam Road to El Dorado" is the story of the _______________ Railroad.

3. What makes it hard to retain workers for the railroad?

4. What is Agassiz' teaching style?

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

(see the answer key)

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