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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. Panama is divided into how many sections for work purposes?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.
2. 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 Nicaragua.
(c) Unanimously rallies for Colombia.
(d) Unanimously rallies for Mexico.
3. When is the sanitation problem remedied at Colon when the town burns to the ground?
(a) March 29, 1885.
(b) April 1, 1885.
(c) March 31, 1885.
(d) March 30, 1885.
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) 10-1 odds against Panama into a narrow 42-34 win.
(b) 100-1 odds against Panama into a narrow 42-34 win.
(c) 50-1 odds against Panama into a narrow 42-34 win.
(d) 75-1 odds against Panama into a narrow 42-34 win.
5. What firm tows its first massive, steam-powered dredges to Colon in April of 1883?
(a) Slaven & Herne Dredging & Contracting, Inc.
(b) Compagnie Nouvelle de Canal de Panama.
(c) Compagnie Universal de Panama.
(d) Herne, Slaven & Co. (later American Contracting and Dredging Co.).
Short Answer Questions
1. What takes place subsequent to the arrival of Theodore Perry Shonts and John Stevens in Panama?
2. On March 10, 1902, the Morgan Committee reports out the Hepburn Bill favorably, recommending what?
3. While dredging predominates in the lowlands, steam shovels, picks, shovels, and what else are key in the uplands?
4. Who orders commissaries established immediately, even if this will violate agreements with Panama?
5. Chairman Morgan appears happy questioning witnesses in February 1902, and his badgering of Ydouard Lampry, the Compagnie Nouvelle spokesman creates what?
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