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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. What country does Geyer travel to in The Tenant chapter?

2. What does Carter Harrison urge businesses to do on Chicago Day?

3. What does a New York editor call for other New York editors to do for Chicago?

4. Who did Omsted write to say what people thought of the Exposition?

5. With how many cars does the Ferris Wheel begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Burnham manage to prove to the world?

2. What happens to the Ferris Wheel during the windstorm?

3. Why does Burnham have to raise attendance?

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

5. What happens to Chicago after the Exposition is finished?

6. How does the Exposition influence America?

7. What does Geyer find out about the children in Indianapolis?

8. What tragedy occurs in the Rising Wave chapter?

9. How does Holmes react to Geyer's finding the bodies?

10. What eventually happens to the Ferris wheel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1890's. How does Larson express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Who were Daniel Burnham and John Root? How influential were Daniel Burnham and John Root in helping to create contemporary Chicago? Why were they chosen as the chief architects?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss whether you think this statement is true or false: "It is impossible for a book to be an accurate account of events because its first job is to entertain." Use two examples from the novel to support your argument.

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