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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to aviation, at what other skill do the aviators excel?
(a) Writing
(b) Engineering
(c) Finance
(d) Art

2. Who is Elizabeth Cabot Cary?
(a) Agassiz' wife
(b) Agassiz' secretary
(c) Agassiz' prize student
(d) Agassiz' sister

3. What is the name of Humboldt's book that inspired Charles Darwin and others?
(a) Hot, Humid Horticulture
(b) Jungle Stories
(c) Personal Narrative
(d) My Life with Plants

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

5. "The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man" addresses what subject?
(a) Strip mining
(b) Politics
(c) Civil Rights
(d) Abolition

Short Answer Questions

1. The idea for the railroad originates with three men who are _______________________.

2. What does Harriet's husband insist about her?

3. What is the timeframe for the subject?

4. "Cross the Blue Mountain" is a remembrance of whom?

5. What donations is Agassiz able to attain for the school?

(see the answer key)

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