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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Lindbergh renounce his profession?
(a) The devastation of Europe during the war
(b) His wife dies
(c) He gets a mental illness
(d) He gets arthritis

2. What position is created for Agassiz in America?
(a) Assistant to Darwin
(b) President of Yale
(c) The President's Council on Ecology
(d) Chair of Natural History at Harvard

3. What is mined in the state in the answer to #122?
(a) Uranium
(b) Coal
(c) Gold
(d) Diamonds

4. Who is Aime Bonpland?
(a) Humboldt's mentor
(b) Humboldt's partner
(c) Humboldt's minister
(d) Humboldt's father

5. Who is the aviator who disappears in the Marianas?
(a) Nevil Norway
(b) Beryl Markham
(c) Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(d) Amelia Earhart

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Harriet's nickname?

2. Which former president collapses and dies in the Capitol building in 1848?

3. Miriam Rothschild is known for being a _____________.

4. "South of Kankakee" takes place in what state?

5. "Extraordinary Time" addresses how the world has changed since what year?

(see the answer key)

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