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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 NOT the name of one of John Roebling's sons?
(a) Charles.
(b) Ferdinand.
(c) Gregory.
(d) Edmund.
2. Which of the following subjects does John Roebling study in school as a teenager?
(a) Biology.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Astronomy.
3. Which of the following names is NOT one of the engineers who attempts to build a bridge in this chapter?
(a) Thomas Telford
(b) Edward Serrell.
(c) James Phancton.
(d) Samuel Keefer.
4. What instrument does Washington play?
(a) The banjo.
(b) The piano.
(c) The flute.
(d) The harp.
5. What is Roebling rubbed down with to return his circulation?
(a) Salt and Whiskey.
(b) Tea and Butter.
(c) Sugar and Lime.
(d) Hemp and Cloves.
Short Answer Questions
1. What government position is Tweed running for when he falls from grace in the papers?
2. Over what river is the first suspension bridge ever built?
3. Who does "The Genuine Language of America" dub the "heroes of the Age of Progress?"
4. What staggering amount of money has John Roebling earned at the time his wife dies in 1864?
5. In what month of the year does Roebling's caisson finally slide into the water?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Brooklyn described, in comparison to Manhattan, at the time of the bridge building?
2. What is "the bends" and what is its effect on Roebling's workers?
3. What were some of the benefits of living in Brooklyn during the 1860's over living in Manhattan?
4. How did the people of Brooklyn eventually come to demand the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge?
5. Which problems stopped the initial production of "The Rainbow Bridge" in the early-1800s?
6. How does John Roebling find himself in the operating room in the first days of the Brooklyn Bridge's construction?
7. Why was John Roebling so devastated when his wife, Johanna, died?
8. What stops production of the "Biggest Bridge in the World" when Roebling is constructing it in Cincinnati?
9. What scandal does Kingsley find himself embroiled in at the start of the Brooklyn Bridge's construction?
10. How was the fire in the caisson extinguished?
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