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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of business does John Roebling start from scratch?
(a) A wire business.
(b) A steel business.
(c) A wood business.
(d) A glass business.

2. What are the New York aldermen nicknamed in the 1850s?
(a) The "Flying Dutchmen."
(b) The "Forty Theives."
(c) The "Golden Parachutes."
(d) The "Band of Horsemen."

3. How much additional cost is incurred in order to widen the Brooklyn Bridge?
(a) $3,000.
(b) $30,000.
(c) $300,000.
(d) $300.

4. Which of the following diseases eventually kills John Roebling?
(a) Polio.
(b) Tetenus.
(c) Gangrine.
(d) Influenza.

5. How many copies of the committee's formal approval of the Brooklyn Bridge are made and circulated?
(a) 500.
(b) 5.
(c) 50.
(d) 5,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John A. Roebling do for a living?

2. In what hemisphere of Long Island is Brooklyn located?

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

4. What position does Washington Roebling take on his father's construction team?

5. What is Washinton Roebling's nickname?

(see the answer key)

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