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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. Which of the following is a nickname for Brooklyn?
(a) The City of Rivers.
(b) The City of Love.
(c) The City of Rainbows.
(d) The City of Churches.

2. Which of the following is NOT an adjective Brooklyners use to describe the ferry boats they traditionally use to cross to Manhattan?
(a) Unreliable.
(b) Expensive.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Inconvenient.

3. In which decade is the novel "The Great Bridge" set?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1830s.
(d) The 1870s.

4. What is Roebling rubbed down with to return his circulation?
(a) Salt and Whiskey.
(b) Tea and Butter.
(c) Hemp and Cloves.
(d) Sugar and Lime.

5. What does Thomas Pope call the bridge that would one day join Manhattan to Brooklyn?
(a) The Bridge Spectacular.
(b) The Great Bridge.
(c) The Rainbow Bridge.
(d) The Bridge of Dreams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the giant boxes of compressed air used to anchor bridges called?

3. How many men are responsible for the fire that nearly destroys the caisson?

4. Who do the newspapers blame for the fire that spreads through the caisson?

5. What expensive gem does Tweed encrust over everything at his daughter's wedding?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Brooklyn described, in comparison to Manhattan, at the time of the bridge building?

3. How is Tweed depicted in the newspapers of New York?

4. What change in transportation would the Brooklyn Bridge allow between the two cities?

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

6. At the age of 63, to what did John Roebling attribute his long life?

7. What lessons on love did Washington learn while away from his family?

8. How are the streets of Manhattan described in the 1850s?

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

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

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