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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the time Roebling's bridge is launched, how many of his workers have died on the job?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 10.
(c) 100.
(d) 1.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the titles given to John Roeblings by the business community after his death?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Perfectionist.
(c) Philanthropist.
(d) Aristocrat.

3. Which of the following descriptions best describes Brooklyn Mayor, Martin Kalbfleisch?
(a) Sweet tempered and morbidly obese.
(b) Foul mouthed and hard drinking.
(c) Tyranically conservative.
(d) Painfully shy and wire thin.

4. How many cables does Roebling suggest could hold the Brooklyn Bridge?
(a) 14.
(b) 4.
(c) 44.
(d) 24.

5. Which of the following names is NOT one of the engineers who attempts to build a bridge in this chapter?
(a) Edward Serrell.
(b) Samuel Keefer.
(c) James Phancton.
(d) Thomas Telford

Short Answer Questions

1. How much additional cost is incurred in order to widen the Brooklyn Bridge?

2. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of John Roebling's sons?

3. How does "The Genuine Language of America" feel about on the job casualties?

4. What does Thomas Pope call the bridge that would one day join Manhattan to Brooklyn?

5. How many children does John and his wife Johanna have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the fire in the caisson extinguished?

2. How did John Roebling find himself moving to America?

3. Which elements of the bridge's architecture would classify it as the largest suspension bridge in the world?

4. Who was Kingsley, and how did he become involved in fund raising for the Brooklyn Bridge?

5. How did the people of Brooklyn eventually come to demand the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge?

6. How does John Roebling divide his estate after death?

7. Which problems stopped the initial production of "The Rainbow Bridge" in the early-1800s?

8. Why did John so quickly return to engineering after moving to America?

9. Why was John Roebling so devastated when his wife, Johanna, died?

10. How does John Roebling find himself in the operating room in the first days of the Brooklyn Bridge's construction?

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