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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Landscape of Regret | Part 1, Vanishing Point.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they decide is the best site for the exposition?
(a) Washington Park
(b) Central Park
(c) Jackson Park
(d) Lincoln Park

2. What do the Chicago architects want to show their Eastern counterparts?
(a) Chicago is more than cows and pigs
(b) They are better
(c) They are better designers
(d) They have money

3. How many years have passed since the Exposition?
(a) 12
(b) 34
(c) 19
(d) 22

4. What was the Exposition's unofficial name?
(a) Chicago Hope
(b) Columbo
(c) White City
(d) Black CIty

5. Who disembarks from a train in this chapter?
(a) H.H. Holmes
(b) John Root
(c) Hannah Clarke
(d) Daniel Burnham

Short Answer Questions

1. At what newspaper does Prendergast work?

2. What is the name of Holmes' wife?

3. What word best describes Chicago in the late 1880's?

4. What was the Exposition celebrating?

5. What does the author state that Chicago has a lot of during this time?

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