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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What act guarantees exclusive U.S. rights to build the railroad?
(a) U.N. Treaty
(b) Bidlack Treaty
(c) Treaty of Versailles
(d) Treaty of Greenville

2. Who is George Lane?
(a) Miriam's favorite professor
(b) Miriam's brother-in-law
(c) Miriam's accountant
(d) Miriam's husband

3. What is David Plowden's profession?
(a) Journalist
(b) Naturalist
(c) Photographer
(d) Physician

4. What is Conrad Richter's relationship to David McCullough?
(a) Friend
(b) Brother-in-law
(c) Golf partner
(d) Editor

5. What does Agassiz consider Darwin's ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION?
(a) Brilliant
(b) Overrated
(c) Atheism
(d) Inaccurate

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What number is the end mark in journalistic pieces as well as the day of the month that Richter died?

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

4. What is Mores' plan for the town of Medora?

5. Who does Harriet consider guilty of slavery?

(see the answer key)

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