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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. Ferdinand de Lesseps' name comes up repeatedly before the Morgan Committee through March 1902, reportedly like a what?
(a) Bond drive in support of the Panamal canal.
(b) Call to join the nation's project at Panama in support of the U.S. Navy.
(c) Advertisement drive promoting the Panama canal.
(d) Specter warning against Americans getting mired in ruin.

2. Panama is divided into how many sections for work purposes?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

4. 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?
(a) 100-1 odds against Panama into a narrow 42-34 win.
(b) 75-1 odds against Panama into a narrow 42-34 win.
(c) 10-1 odds against Panama into a narrow 42-34 win.
(d) 50-1 odds against Panama into a narrow 42-34 win.

5. Some mortality estimates go up to 75% among French immigrants and beds are reported to be at such a premium that the dying have been placed where?
(a) On the floor in the basement.
(b) In coffins to await their end.
(c) Outside the hospital on the ground.
(d) On the railway platform to await a train to the cemetary when they die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What firm tows its first massive, steam-powered dredges to Colon in April of 1883?

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. When is the sanitation problem remedied at Colon when the town burns to the ground?

4. 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?

5. Chairman Morgan appears happy questioning witnesses in February 1902, and his badgering of Ydouard Lampry, the Compagnie Nouvelle spokesman creates what?

(see the answer key)

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