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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On May 2, 1902, the second key swaying event following the Morgan Committee reports is Mount Pelye exploding on Martinique; how far away and how many killed?
(a) 3,000 miles from Nicaragua, 15,000 killed.
(b) 150 miles from Nicaragua, 3,000 killed.
(c) 1,500 miles from Nicaragua, 30,000 killed.
(d) 1,500 miles from Nicaragua, 3,000 killed.

2. Chairman Morgan appears happy questioning witnesses in February 1902, and his badgering of Ydouard Lampry, the Compagnie Nouvelle spokesman creates what?
(a) Legitimate headlines, no substance to be reported.
(b) Overblown headlines but no substance to report.
(c) Overblown headlines, but legitimate substance to report.
(d) Overblown headlines and lies reported.

3. On March 10, 1902, the Morgan Committee reports out the Hepburn Bill favorably, recommending what?
(a) 7-4 a Nicaragua canal.
(b) 10-1 a Nicaragua canal.
(c) 9-2 a Panama canal.
(d) 6-5 a Panama canal.

4. When is the sanitation problem remedied at Colon when the town burns to the ground?
(a) March 31, 1885.
(b) April 1, 1885.
(c) March 29, 1885.
(d) March 30, 1885.

5. When, on March 29, 1885, Haitian-born, xenophobic Pedro Prestan and a handful of barefoot followers take six U.S. hostages and demand guns, an American consul orders compliance; what happens next?
(a) Cmdr. Theodore F. Kane moves the gunboat Galena and takes control.
(b) Cmdr. William Connor moves the gunboat Tennessee and takes control.
(c) Cmdr. George Burt moves the gunboat Shenandoah and takes control.
(d) Cmdr. Joseph L. Dow moves the gunboat Wachusett and takes control.

Short Answer Questions

1. Company physicians agree on what as the best advice regarding the maladies associated with Panama?

2. Panama is divided into how many sections for work purposes?

3. When do Theodore Perry Shonts and John Stevens land without ceremony at Colon?

4. What takes place subsequent to the arrival of Theodore Perry Shonts and John Stevens in Panama?

5. Due to continuing slides, the "total cube" of the cut steadily increases, until it appears necessary for the top of the cut to be how far wide to achieve a mathematically stable 1:4 ratio?

(see the answer key)

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