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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Eva Caten?

2. What is a major impediment to construction of the railroad?

3. Who is Elizabeth Cabot Cary?

4. Which U.S. president did Humboldt visit in 1804?

5. _______________ called Harriet "the little woman who made this big war."

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Agassiz' American lecture tour described?

3. What is the purpose of Brave Companions?

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

5. What is Valentine's struggle with getting the bridge documents validated?

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

7. What is Agassiz' teaching style at Harvard?

8. For what is the town of Medora most known today?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

David Plowden is fascinated by trains and takes his first picture of one when he is ten years old. How can you explain Plowden's fascination with trains? What do trains signify to people? What is the allure of the concept of leaving and the loneliness of the one left behind?

Essay Topic 2

Frederic Remington was born in a town in New York but made a career out of creating art about the Wild West. Explain how a person can create things that are foreign to their background or heritage. Why was Remington so drawn to the West? How did he feel when the West began to be civilized?

Essay Topic 3

Miriam Rothschild is a quirky woman who lives an unconventional life. Do you think Miriam could indulge her idiosyncrasies because her wealth allowed it? Or would Miriam have found some outlet for her quirkiness regardless of her station in life? How much is financial status an issue in living the life that one pleases as opposed to the life one is obligated to live?

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