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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In November 1881, who dies the apparent victim of malaria, the most common tropical disease?
(a) Lieutenant Reclus.
(b) Gaston Blanchet.
(c) Abel Couvreux.
(d) Henri Bionnr.

2. The liquidator's ordering a halt to work on the Isthmus instigates what among workers and shareholders?
(a) A run on financial institutions.
(b) Violent riots.
(c) They want to forget it.
(d) Polite petition for redress.

3. Since William Nelson Cromwell has White House access, which John Tyler Morgan reportedly hates him for, what does Cromwell view that as proof of?
(a) Cromwell's effectiveness.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt's interest in Cromwell's views.
(c) Cromwell is a good cook.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt's friendship with Cromwell.

4. Why, on November 1, 1903, do Manuel Amador and a colleague let Colonel James Shaler know Colombian troops are approaching?
(a) To get rolling stock safely moved to Panama City.
(b) To get more arms, supplies, and troops brought in.
(c) To get more arms and supplies brought in.
(d) To get more troops transported in for support.

5. U.S. delegate Commander Selfridge raises what issue regarding Nicaragua while at the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique in Paris?
(a) Its history of typhoons and hurricanes.
(b) Its history of volcanic disturbances and earthquakes.
(c) Its history of volcanic disturbances and typhoons.
(d) Its history of floods and earthquakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once digging the "Great Trench" starts at Emperador on January 20, 1882, it moves how quickly?

2. Where does Manuel Amador send a coded telegram to on October 28, 1903?

3. A sea-level canal built at Panama is just impossible, and using 1880s equipment, the lock canal approach maximizes what?

4. What does Theodore Roosevelt stress in his autobiography as to his action in Panama?.

5. A. G. Menocal tells the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique he had been in Panama in 1875 planning a sea-level canal, but abandoned that idea when he grasped what?

(see the answer key)

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