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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 becomes Remington's formula for his success as a commercial artist?
(a) Native Americans
(b) Wagon Trains
(c) Wide open spaces
(d) Man on horseback

2. Humboldt is the first European to ___________________________________.
(a) sail through the Panama Canal
(b) fly from Paris to New York
(c) sense the greatness of America's Incan and Mayan civilizations
(d) create a botanical garden

3. The "Steam Road to El Dorado" is the story of the _______________ Railroad.
(a) Union Pacific
(b) Panama
(c) B&O
(d) Santa Fe

4. What is the major disease that kills many of the workers on the railroad?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Diabetes
(c) Malaria
(d) AIDS

5. What does Roosevelt head to the Badlands to do?
(a) Open a dude ranch
(b) Write
(c) Start a new family
(d) Work on the railroad

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Remington, "Cowboys are ______________."

2. Who is Valentine's neighbor who works for the Whitney Museum of Modern Art?

3. Who is the founder of Medora?

4. Agassiz helps people understand how ______________ created natural phenomena in Europe.

5. What is the name of Humboldt's book that inspired Charles Darwin and others?

Short Essay Questions

1. When is the idea for the Panama Railroad born and who are its creators?

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

3. Who is Humboldt's partner and what is the nature of their explorations?

4. Who founded the town of Medora and what was his purpose for doing so?

5. What was the impetus for the Brooklyn Bridge?

6. What is Remington's position on the civilizing of the West and how does he express it?

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

8. Explain Harriet's familiarity with slavery which allows her to write Uncle Tom's Cabin.

9. What was the career path of naturalist Louis Agassiz that leads him from Switzerland to America?

10. What is the purpose of Brave Companions?

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