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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 initials are on many of the bridge drawings?
(a) WAR
(b) JAR
(c) EAR
(d) FAR

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

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

4. Why does Agassiz first come to the United States?
(a) To teach at Yale
(b) To meet the president
(c) To find a wife
(d) To go on a Lecture Tour

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which Ohio city does Harriet's family move?

2. Who does Mores crusade against when he returns to France?

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

4. What is showing signs of wear on the bridge?

5. Two of Roebling's successful projects were in ______________ and Niagara Falls.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the injury that changes Washington Roebling's life and his work on the bridge?

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

3. Explain how the drawings are crafted.

4. What precipitates the finding of the carpentry shop treasure?

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

6. How is Agassiz' American lecture tour described?

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

8. Why does Agassiz decide to make America his permanent home?

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

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

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