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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dr. Holmes want Anna to come to Chicago?
(a) To marry her
(b) To make her less skeptical
(c) To keep Minnie on his side
(d) To keep Minnie occupied

2. Who does Prendergast want to become his assistant?
(a) Cooling
(b) Root
(c) Burnham
(d) Holmes

3. For what day is the opening ceremony scheduled?
(a) December 15
(b) May 1
(c) October 12
(d) June 1

4. Who is given the job of increasing attendance?
(a) Frederick Folly
(b) Daniel Burnham
(c) Grover Cleveland
(d) Frank Millet

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

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

7. Which of the following is an exhibit at the Exposition?
(a) Pop tarts
(b) Weetabix
(c) Nokia
(d) Juicy Fruit

8. What was the Exposition celebrating?
(a) Columbus' discovery of America
(b) A new century
(c) America's independence
(d) Prosperity

9. What is Alfred Trude's job?
(a) Doctor
(b) Politician
(c) Lawyer
(d) Pharmacist

10. What is the reason people are not coming to the exposition?
(a) It is unsafe to travel
(b) Chicago's crime
(c) The depression
(d) Bad transport

11. To whom does Holmes sell the articulated skeleton?
(a) Ned
(b) The Exposition
(c) A medical school
(d) The police station

12. Where does Holmes promise to take Emeline on their honeymoon?
(a) Europe
(b) Chile
(c) Africa
(d) Brazil

13. How many architects does Burnham invite to work on the designs?
(a) 5
(b) 18
(c) 3
(d) 12

14. To whom does Prendergast send a postcard?
(a) Jesse Jackson
(b) W. F. Cooling
(c) Daniel Burnham
(d) Grover Cleveland

15. What is the name of the engineer who is awarded the concession?
(a) Gale Davis
(b) David Worldtrade
(c) Jan Habermas
(d) George Ferris

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the secretary of the board of architects?

2. Who tells Emeline to get away from Holmes?

3. What is the name of the woman who designs the Women's Building?

4. What is Holmes' building nicknamed by the locals?

5. Who are the lead architects of the Exposition?

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