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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Of what does John Roebling die?
(a) Cancer
(b) Tetanus
(c) Heart disease
(d) Old age
2. How many drawings are sent to be cleaned?
(a) 1,000
(b) 15
(c) 65
(d) 175
3. When does a show exhibiting the documents open in New York?
(a) March 1976
(b) April 1975
(c) May 1976
(d) May 1876
4. What did Harriet's famous book prompt?
(a) The Civil War
(b) The War of 1812
(c) The French and Indian War
(d) The Boston Tea Party
5. Why does Roosevelt suffer bouts of depression?
(a) He is not nominated for President
(b) It is an inherited condition
(c) His wife and mother die on the same day
(d) He loses his bid for Congress
6. Where was the first stake for the railroad driven?
(a) Manzanillo Island
(b) Balboa Island
(c) Victoria Island
(d) Ellis Island
7. "Agassiz belongs to that class of naturalists who see ___________ in everything."
(a) God
(b) Beauty
(c) Flaws
(d) Perfection
8. Humboldt is the first European to ___________________________________.
(a) fly from Paris to New York
(b) create a botanical garden
(c) sail through the Panama Canal
(d) sense the greatness of America's Incan and Mayan civilizations
9. What is Francis P. Valentine's job?
(a) Civil engineer
(b) Toll taker
(c) Psychiatrist
(d) Ferry driver
10. What act guarantees exclusive U.S. rights to build the railroad?
(a) Bidlack Treaty
(b) Treaty of Greenville
(c) Treaty of Versailles
(d) U.N. Treaty
11. What is Mores' plan for the town of Medora?
(a) Provide film sets
(b) Establish a cultural center
(c) Open a meat packing plant
(d) Become the educational center of the West
12. Two of Roebling's successful projects were in ______________ and Niagara Falls.
(a) Cincinnati
(b) Portsmouth
(c) San Francisco
(d) Paris
13. The idea for the railroad originates with three men who are _______________________.
(a) politicians
(b) army officers
(c) railroad executives
(d) not railroad men
14. How many documents does Valentine find?
(a) 10,000
(b) 5,000
(c) 1,000
(d) 6,000
15. According to Remington, "Cowboys are ______________."
(a) interesting
(b) illiterate
(c) dirty
(d) cash
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Harriet's husband insist about her?
2. In what year are treasures related to the Brooklyn Bridge found?
3. Why does Agassiz first come to the United States?
4. In what countries do Humboldt and Bonpland spend two years?
5. Agassiz helps people understand how ______________ created natural phenomena in Europe.
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