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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 is the answer to #77 paralyzed?
(a) From a train accident
(b) From polio
(c) From "the bends"
(d) From a boating accident

2. From what school is the young artist forced to drop out upon the death of his father?
(a) Princeton University
(b) Columbia University
(c) Yale University
(d) Harvard University

3. Before the railroad, what is the only method of crossing the Isthmus of Panama?
(a) Raft
(b) Canoe
(c) Speed boat
(d) Steamship

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

5. Most of the railroad lies in what type of terrain?
(a) Rainforest
(b) Desert
(c) Forests
(d) Mountains

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Francis P. Valentine's job?

2. With whom does Mores think Roosevelt sides?

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

4. Agassiz helps people understand how ______________ created natural phenomena in Europe.

5. What does Stowe do after her friend, Eliza Stowe, dies?

(see the answer key)

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