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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. What subject had been an unpleasant one to Harriet since her childhood?
(a) Women's rights
(b) Slavery
(c) Illness
(d) Death penalty

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

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

4. What does Agassiz consider Darwin's ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION?
(a) Atheism
(b) Inaccurate
(c) Brilliant
(d) Overrated

5. Who does Mores crusade against when he returns to France?
(a) Catholics
(b) Jews
(c) Italians
(d) Muslims

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Remington come to dislike about the West?

2. The "Steam Road to El Dorado" is the story of the _______________ Railroad.

3. _______________ called Harriet "the little woman who made this big war."

4. Which U.S. president did Humboldt visit in 1804?

5. Medora is the location of what national site?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Valentine's struggle with getting the bridge documents validated?

2. Explain how the drawings are crafted.

3. Why is the Panama Railroad called "the first steam road to El Dorado?"

4. What is notable about Humboldt and Bonpland's work relating vegetation to elevations?

5. What is the human cost of building the Panama Railroad?

6. What is Agassiz' teaching style at Harvard?

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

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

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

10. What role does Emily Washington play in the building of the bridge?

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