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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which U.S. president did Humboldt visit in 1804?
(a) James Madison
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) John Quincy Adams

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

3. Agassiz becomes American's premiere _______________.
(a) filmmaker
(b) sculptor
(c) naturalist
(d) painter

4. Humboldt and Bonpland explored the New World colonies of which country?
(a) Great Britain
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) Spain

5. Who is Alexander von Humboldt?
(a) Italian artist
(b) Swiss inventor
(c) German-born naturalist
(d) Inventor of the Humvee

6. What life does Harriet come to like?
(a) The lecture circuit
(b) Religious life
(c) Domestic life
(d) Education

7. What is Mores' plan for the town of Medora?
(a) Become the educational center of the West
(b) Provide film sets
(c) Establish a cultural center
(d) Open a meat packing plant

8. From what school is the young artist forced to drop out upon the death of his father?
(a) Harvard University
(b) Columbia University
(c) Yale University
(d) Princeton University

9. People find Remington to be full of high spirits and _________________.
(a) charity
(b) cruelty
(c) intelligence
(d) tall tales

10. When is the bridge officially opened?
(a) May 24, 1865
(b) March 24, 1883
(c) May 24, 1893
(d) May 24, 1883

11. What is Harriet Beecher Stowe famous for writing?
(a) War and Peace
(b) Uncle Tom's Cabin
(c) Tom and Jerry
(d) David Copperfield

12. How many children does Harriet have?
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 3

13. What is the major disease that kills many of the workers on the railroad?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Malaria
(c) AIDS
(d) Diabetes

14. Of what does John Roebling die?
(a) Tetanus
(b) Cancer
(c) Old age
(d) Heart disease

15. With whom does Mores think Roosevelt sides?
(a) Republicans
(b) Railroad men
(c) Democrats
(d) Chicago beef trust

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Elizabeth Cabot Cary?

2. Who does Mores crusade against when he returns to France?

3. What does Remington falsely claim to be?

4. How many drawings are sent to be cleaned?

5. What is Harriet's nickname?

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