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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. "Extraordinary Time" addresses how the world has changed since what year?
(a) 1918
(b) 1945
(c) 1865
(d) 1936

2. Where is Plowden's first and only regular job?
(a) The New York Times
(b) Great Northern Railroad
(c) Life Magazine
(d) Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

4. What is mined in the state in the answer to #122?
(a) Gold
(b) Coal
(c) Diamonds
(d) Uranium

5. From which university does Miriam hold an honorary degree?
(a) Princeton
(b) Harvard
(c) Oxford
(d) Duke

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lindbergh land in Paris?

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

3. Who is George Lane?

4. Why is sunset Plowden's favorite time of day?

5. What is Conrad Richter's first novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the scope of David Plowden's work?

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

4. What are the characteristics of Richter's writing style?

5. What is the subject of "Long Distance Vision?"

6. What is the significance of Blair House in Washington, D.C.?

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

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

9. How is Plowden both photographer and historian?

10. What is Miriams' affinity to fleas?

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