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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Harriet's nickname?
(a) Hat pin
(b) Hattie
(c) Beaches
(d) Harrie

3. When does a show exhibiting the documents open in New York?
(a) May 1976
(b) April 1975
(c) May 1876
(d) March 1976

4. What does Remington falsely claim to be?
(a) U.S. Cavalry lieutenant
(b) U.S. Congressman
(c) Wagon train leader
(d) Cowpuncher and Indian fighter

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

6. Before the railroad, what is the only method of crossing the Isthmus of Panama?
(a) Speed boat
(b) Steamship
(c) Canoe
(d) Raft

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

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

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

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

11. "The Builders" is the story of the building of _________________.
(a) The Brooklyn Bridge
(b) The Eiffel Tower
(c) Mount Rushmore
(d) The Golden Gate Bridge

12. When was the first stake for the railroad driven?
(a) May 1860
(b) March 1850
(c) April 1855
(d) May 1850

13. McCullough wants Americans to learn more about what?
(a) Economy
(b) History
(c) Asia
(d) Religion

14. "Agassiz belongs to that class of naturalists who see ___________ in everything."
(a) Perfection
(b) Beauty
(c) God
(d) Flaws

15. _______________ called Harriet "the little woman who made this big war."
(a) Andrew Johnson
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) Calvin Stowe
(d) Frederick Douglass

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Elizabeth Cabot Cary?

2. In what countries do Humboldt and Bonpland spend two years?

3. What does the person in #80 carry across the bridge as a symbol of victory?

4. Which U.S. president attended the bridge opening?

5. What are the found treasures?

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