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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Roebling spend in Trenton at the advice of his doctors?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

2. How long did it take Roebling to build the Allegheny Bridge?
(a) 23 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 17 years.
(d) 11 years.

3. Which of the following elements is absorbed into workers' bloodstreams, forming bubbles that keep oxygen from reaching the tissues?
(a) Hydrogen.
(b) Carbon Dioxide.
(c) Nitrogen.
(d) Lithium.

4. What is Theodore Cooper hired to investigate at the bridge site?
(a) The workers' health.
(b) The suspension wires.
(c) The iron superstructure.
(d) The caissons.

5. How fast will the cable cars that travel the Brooklyn Bridge travel?
(a) 60-80 mph.
(b) 50-70 mph.
(c) 30-50 mph.
(d) 20-40 mph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which contract for the Brooklyn Bridge is awarded to the corrupt Haighs?

2. Who does "The Genuine Language of America" dub the "heroes of the Age of Progress?"

3. In what country does Washington study European bridges?

4. What does "The Heroic Mode" promise to cure?

5. Which river in Pennsylvania does John famously carry the canal across?

(see the answer key)

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