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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. Who rebuilds Colon after it goes up in flames, killing 18 and leaving some 8,000 homeless?
(a) Railroad officials.
(b) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
(c) "Seabees" (construction battalions of the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy).
(d) French engineer officials.

2. When Jules Dingler quits upon approaching mental and physical collapse and Maurice Hutin steps in for a month before resigning also, who becomes acting head of the entire effort?
(a) William Kimball.
(b) Alexander de Duponte.
(c) Phillipe Bunau-Varilla.
(d) Jaques Jonett.

3. The first event after the Morgan Commission that changes in favor of Panama, is Theodore Roosevelt reading news of how an audience, of civil engineers listening to Irving M. Scott in New York, does what?
(a) Unanimously rallies for Panama.
(b) Unanimously rallies for Mexico.
(c) Unanimously rallies for Colombia.
(d) Unanimously rallies for Nicaragua.

4. 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?
(a) 3/4 mile.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) 1/2 mile.
(d) 4/5 mile.

5. The ICC's new Chairman, Theodore Perry Shonts, is best described how?
(a) Tollerant.
(b) Authoritative.
(c) Easygoing.
(d) Relaxed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. The Morgan Committee rejects the Walker Commission recommendations, the Senate debates the issues for two weeks, and Mt. Pelye's explosion and a Nicaraguan stamp turn odds how?

(see the answer key)

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