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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 response does Valentine get from public institutions regarding the drawings at first?
(a) Disdain
(b) No interest
(c) Wild enthusiasm
(d) Mild interest
2. Roosevelt's family attribute his presidency and his Rough Riders to ______________________.
(a) his Medora experience
(b) his studies
(c) his wife
(d) his grit
3. What does Agassiz consider Darwin's ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION?
(a) Atheism
(b) Inaccurate
(c) Overrated
(d) Brilliant
4. The town of ________________ ought to be as celebrated as Dodge City or Tombstone.
(a) Medora
(b) Midori
(c) Mentor
(d) Malvern
5. Who is Louis Agassiz?
(a) President of France
(b) Tennis player
(c) Jefferson's secretary
(d) Humboldt's protege
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Mores crusade against when he returns to France?
2. Who rides in the first carriage across the bridge?
3. What does the person in #80 carry across the bridge as a symbol of victory?
4. What does Remington falsely claim to be?
5. What act guarantees exclusive U.S. rights to build the railroad?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the topic of "The Builders?"
2. What is the purpose of Brave Companions?
3. What was the impetus for the Brooklyn Bridge?
4. Why is the Panama Railroad called "the first steam road to El Dorado?"
5. What is notable about Humboldt and Bonpland's work relating vegetation to elevations?
6. Who is the subject of the essay entitled "Journey to the Top of the World?"
7. What is the perspective of the Brooklyn Bridge legacy found in "The Treasure from the Carpentry Shop?"
8. When is the idea for the Panama Railroad born and who are its creators?
9. What role does Emily Washington play in the building of the bridge?
10. What is Remington's position on the civilizing of the West and how does he express it?
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