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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 is the profession of the answer to #126?
(a) Physician
(b) Attorney
(c) Minister
(d) Banker

2. What allows man to think he is master of the universe?
(a) Education
(b) Determination
(c) Hubris
(d) Innovation

3. What is the name of the last 550 acres of land Caudill has spared from the strip miners?
(a) Lilly's Wood
(b) Sherwood's Forest
(c) Blue Ridge Parkway
(d) Bluegrass Woods

4. What is the book written by the answer to #126 which is compared to Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath?
(a) Night Comes to the Cumberlands
(b) Bluegrass Memories
(c) My Old Kentucky Home
(d) Horses, Highways and Hollers

5. Who does the United States displace as the center of world power during this period?
(a) Asia
(b) Europe
(c) Africa
(d) Australia

Short Answer Questions

1. "Cross the Blue Mountain" is a remembrance of whom?

2. What is an elemental part of Richter's stories?

3. What is the name of the building where presidential guests are housed?

4. How many hours does Miriam sleep each night?

5. What is the main profession of most Rothschild men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the history of strip mining in Kentucky?

2. What is the subject of "South of Kankakee?"

3. According to McCullough, what are some of Washington D.C.'s best attributes?

4. How is Plowden both photographer and historian?

5. What is the purpose of McCullough's words in "Recommended Itinerary?"

6. In what areas is life indelibly altered during this period?

7. What is Richter's background and the beginning of his writing success?

8. Explain the reason for Charles Lindbergh's loss of popularity in the United States.

9. What is the subject of this chapter entitled "Extraordinary Times?"

10. What is the subject of the chapter entitled "The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man?"

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