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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. Where does Geyer begin his search?
(a) Cincinnati
(b) El Paso
(c) Charlotte
(d) George Town

2. What is the favorite attraction at the fair?
(a) The Eiffel Tower
(b) The roller coaster
(c) The Library
(d) The Ferris Wheel

3. Who did Omsted write to say what people thought of the Exposition?
(a) Burnham
(b) Root
(c) Ulrich
(d) Holmes

4. Who does Sullivan blame for most of his problems?
(a) Holmes
(b) Burnham
(c) John Root
(d) His wife

5. What is the name of the asylum to which Olmsted is admitted?
(a) McLean
(b) Jones
(c) McFarlane
(d) Smith

Short Answer Questions

1. What hits the Ferris Wheel?

2. What ceremony takes place in the At Last chapter?

3. What does a man pick up from Holmes' hotel later that night?

4. What is Burnham not told about?

5. Which character dies aboard the Titanic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Prendergast's visit to the City Hall.

2. What eventually happens to the Ferris wheel?

3. What does Geyer find in Toronto?

4. How does Holmes occupy himself in prison?

5. What happens to Millet in the Aboard the Olympic chapter?

6. What does McKim write in his letter in the Departures chapter?

7. In what way can the characters of Burnham and Holmes be compared?

8. How does the Exposition influence America?

9. Why does Burnham have to raise attendance?

10. Why does the New York editor want his fellow editors to apologize to Chicago?

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