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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 does Murphy claim the engineers of the Brooklyn Bridge have a license to do?
(a) Steal.
(b) Kill.
(c) Explore.
(d) Create.

2. What is the name of the affliction Roebling's workers suffer from after traveling deep into the water?
(a) Asphyxiation.
(b) The bends.
(c) Panic attacks.
(d) Black lung.

3. What instrument does Washington play?
(a) The banjo.
(b) The piano.
(c) The flute.
(d) The harp.

4. What is the name of the lumber company that falls under suspicion of scandal?
(a) Gold Lumber.
(b) Stump and Saw.
(c) Lumberjack's.
(d) Saw and Mill.

5. Which of the following poets is a supporter of Roebling's bridge project?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Gertruid Stein.
(d) Walt Whitman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Washington Roebling feel about having to speak for his father at meetings?

2. Which of the following is NOT a term used to describe John Roebling by his fellow townsfolk?

3. In a glowing report in "The Eagle" about bridge construction, who is the only member of the project management left out of the article?

4. In which decade is the novel "The Great Bridge" set?

5. Which of the following men would be most susceptible to the Bends in Dr. Smith's study?

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