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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Murphy graduate law school?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Princeton.

4. How many gallons of water are used to extinguish the fire in the caisson?
(a) 130 gallons.
(b) 13,000 gallons.
(c) 130,000 gallons.
(d) 1.3 million gallons.

5. What position does Washington Roebling take on his father's construction team?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Assistant Engineer.
(c) Grunt.
(d) Construction Manager.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many copies of the committee's formal approval of the Brooklyn Bridge are made and circulated?

2. In what country does Washington study European bridges?

3. By the time Roebling's bridge is launched, how many of his workers have died on the job?

4. After the New York caisson is filled, how many weeks of vacation does Roebling take from the bridge project?

5. Where is John working at the time of Johanna's death?

(see the answer key)

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