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

2. What is the one day of the week Roebling does not ask his men to come in for work?
(a) Fridays.
(b) Mondays.
(c) Sundays.
(d) Saturdays.

3. What expensive gem does Tweed encrust over everything at his daughter's wedding?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Emeralds.
(c) Rubies.
(d) Sapphires.

4. Who do the newspapers label a quack?
(a) Kinsella.
(b) Barnes.
(c) Murphy.
(d) Tweed.

5. Which of the following metals does Roebling call "the metal of the future?"
(a) Tin.
(b) Brass.
(c) Aluminum.
(d) Steel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Colonel Washington related to John A. Roebling?

3. What type of business does John Roebling start from scratch?

4. Which of the following is NOT a project John works on before starting to build bridges?

5. Over what river is the first suspension bridge ever built?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two conclusions do "The Genuine Language of America" make about the Bridge Party?

2. What happened during the "Great Blowout" in the river?

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

4. What were some of the benefits of living in Brooklyn during the 1860's over living in Manhattan?

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

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

7. What type of wedding did Tweed throw for his daughter, and what was the effect of that wedding on Tweed's political career?

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

9. What alterations are made to the Brooklyn Bridge plans in the days before its commencement?

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

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