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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The town of ________________ ought to be as celebrated as Dodge City or Tombstone.
(a) Mentor
(b) Malvern
(c) Midori
(d) Medora

2. Two of Roebling's successful projects were in ______________ and Niagara Falls.
(a) Portsmouth
(b) Cincinnati
(c) San Francisco
(d) Paris

3. How many drawings are sent to be cleaned?
(a) 15
(b) 65
(c) 1,000
(d) 175

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

5. Who is the president of the project who dies of malaria on the job?
(a) Frederic Remington
(b) William Henry Aspinwald
(c) John Lloyd Stephens
(d) Henry Chauncey

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Humboldt and Bonpland explored the New World colonies of which country?

3. Who does Harriet consider guilty of slavery?

4. What was the impetus for the railroad?

5. McCullough wants Americans to learn more about what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the drawings are crafted.

2. Remington is prolific with his painting and writing but what new medium does he discover which he feels will make him immortal?

3. Who is the subject of the essay entitled "Journey to the Top of the World?"

4. What is the perspective of the Brooklyn Bridge legacy found in "The Treasure from the Carpentry Shop?"

5. Explain Theodore Roosevelt's interest in the Medora area.

6. What was the impetus for the Brooklyn Bridge?

7. What are the unusual circumstances of Hattie's marriage?

8. Cite some of the reasons that Uncle Tom's Cabin had such an impact on readers.

9. What are the major impediments to building the Panama Railroad?

10. For what is the town of Medora most known today?

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