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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year are treasures related to the Brooklyn Bridge found?
(a) 1919
(b) 1955
(c) 1949
(d) 1969

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

3. What does Roosevelt head to the Badlands to do?
(a) Write
(b) Start a new family
(c) Open a dude ranch
(d) Work on the railroad

4. In what countries do Humboldt and Bonpland spend two years?
(a) Thailand, China, India
(b) Columbia, Ecuador and Peru
(c) Ireland, Scotland and Wales
(d) Italy, Germany and France

5. According to Remington the West is filled with horses, blood and _________________.
(a) bandits
(b) whiskey
(c) profanity
(d) cacti

6. What response does Valentine get from public institutions regarding the drawings at first?
(a) Disdain
(b) Mild interest
(c) Wild enthusiasm
(d) No interest

7. What makes it hard to retain workers for the railroad?
(a) Low pay
(b) The heat
(c) Treacherous terrain
(d) The Gold Rush

8. Mores becomes a big part of which historical event?
(a) The Affair of the Necklace
(b) The French and Indian War
(c) World War I
(d) The Dreyfus Affair

9. What does the person in #80 carry across the bridge as a symbol of victory?
(a) Rooster
(b) Peace flower
(c) Trophy
(d) Laurel wreath

10. What becomes Remington's formula for his success as a commercial artist?
(a) Man on horseback
(b) Wide open spaces
(c) Wagon Trains
(d) Native Americans

11. What did Harriet's famous book prompt?
(a) The War of 1812
(b) The French and Indian War
(c) The Boston Tea Party
(d) The Civil War

12. What is the name of Humboldt's last book geared toward nonscientific readers?
(a) Star Trek
(b) Galatial Odysseus
(c) Cosmos
(d) The Galaxy

13. Who is Valentine's neighbor who works for the Whitney Museum of Modern Art?
(a) David Hupert
(b) David Copperfield
(c) David McCullough
(d) Michael Hupert

14. The "Steam Road to El Dorado" is the story of the _______________ Railroad.
(a) Union Pacific
(b) Panama
(c) Santa Fe
(d) B&O

15. Who was the New York governor who attended the bridge opening?
(a) Grover Cleveland
(b) John Lindsay
(c) Fiorello La Guardia
(d) Ed Koch

Short Answer Questions

1. What initials are on many of the bridge drawings?

2. What does Agassiz turn into a temporary museum filled with his new collection of specimens?

3. Who is Eva Caten?

4. People find Remington to be full of high spirits and _________________.

5. What does Agassiz consider Darwin's ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION?

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