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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Francis P. Valentine's job?
(a) Civil engineer
(b) Toll taker
(c) Ferry driver
(d) Psychiatrist

2. What initials are on many of the bridge drawings?
(a) FAR
(b) JAR
(c) WAR
(d) EAR

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

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

5. What is a major impediment to construction of the railroad?
(a) The natives
(b) The climate
(c) The financing
(d) The terrain

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

7. What is Agassiz' teaching style?
(a) Comparative
(b) Remote
(c) Observation
(d) Hands-on

8. What was the impetus for the railroad?
(a) Connect East coast gold seekers with California
(b) Ship California produce to the East coast
(c) Ship military implements for the Civil War
(d) A passenger train for vacationers

9. Who is Eva Caten?
(a) Remington's sister
(b) Remington's first art teacher
(c) Remington's favorite portrait subject
(d) Remington's wife

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

11. Why does Agassiz first come to the United States?
(a) To teach at Yale
(b) To go on a Lecture Tour
(c) To meet the president
(d) To find a wife

12. Who is Elizabeth Cabot Cary?
(a) Agassiz' sister
(b) Agassiz' secretary
(c) Agassiz' wife
(d) Agassiz' prize student

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

14. According to Remington, "Cowboys are ______________."
(a) cash
(b) illiterate
(c) dirty
(d) interesting

15. Where are some of the drawings taken to be cleaned?
(a) Metropolitan Museum of Art
(b) Whitney Museum of Art
(c) New York Blueprint Co.
(d) The Louvre

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Harriet claim wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

2. Remington illustrates articles written by whom?

3. Two of Roebling's successful projects were in ______________ and Niagara Falls.

4. Who takes over the project when John Roebling dies?

5. What is young Remington pursuing as the chapter opens?

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