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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. How many companies bid for the lucrative wire contract?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Nine.
(d) Seven.
2. What is the name of the day people celebrated the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge?
(a) "The Day of the Great Bridge."
(b) "Roebling's Day."
(c) "Bridge Day."
(d) "The People's Day."
3. How is Blake killed?
(a) He dies from "the bends".
(b) He drowns.
(c) He falls through his safety harness.
(d) He is hit by a snapped wire.
4. Of the following commuters, which has to pay the lowest bridge toll?
(a) Automobiles.
(b) Sheep and hog drivers.
(c) Pedestrians.
(d) Horse drivers.
5. How long does it take the cable car to cross the East River?
(a) Twenty-one minutes.
(b) Seven minutes.
(c) Twelve minutes.
(d) Nineteen minutes.
Short Answer Questions
1. When the cable car successfully travels from Brooklyn to Manhattan, what do the newspapers dub the journey?
2. What does Seth Low's father do for a living?
3. How long are the shifts while digging the caissons on the Manhattan side of the bridge?
4. On the day of its opening, at what time is the Brooklyn Bridge illuminated?
5. Which of the following is NOT a weather that slows down the spinning process on the bridge?
Short Essay Questions
1. What symptoms of the Bends does Dr. Smith encounter during his research of the disease?
2. What argument do Roebling and Hewitt find themselves in over the wire contract?
3. How did Emily Warren help keep the Brooklyn Bridge project afloat when her husband became ill?
4. How did the newspapers react to Emily's involvement in the Bridge project?
5. How do the crowds react to the first wires being suspended from the Brooklyn Bridge?
6. How does Emily help Washington celebrate the bridge's completion?
7. What happens on Thanksgiving day during the time the wires are being strung up?
8. What lifestyle does Dr. Smith notice of the men living in the tenements near the construction site?
9. What happens during the "rope fall" of 1878?
10. Why does Roebling decide to make a public appearance before the completion of the bridge, and how does he look to the public?
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