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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before leaving Panama for New York en route to Paris, Ferdinand de Lesseps dismisses all talk regarding the deadly jungle climate and maintains what about the task?
(a) It will be easier than Suez, but take longer.
(b) It will be no harder than Suez.
(c) It will be easier than Suez.
(d) It will be more difficult than Suez.

2. George W. Goethals starts a weekly newspaper, the Canal Record, for what purpose?
(a) A valid newspaper designed to appeal to all employees, black and white.
(b) Use as a sealant of buildings in preparation for fumigation.
(c) Give an accurate, up-to-date picture of the progress.
(d) Use as a propaganda tool intended to keep laborers steadfast.

3. What promise does Ferdinand de Lesseps keep on January 1, 1880?
(a) Strikes the first blow for the Panama.
(b) Leads the New Year's parade through the capital.
(c) Cuts the ribbon at the location for the Panama Canal.
(d) Tosses a lucky franc into the bay near Panama City.

4. What 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique delegation drew attention by the maps and plans they brought that had never been seen in Europe before?
(a) The Americans.
(b) The Nicaraguans.
(c) The Hawaiians.
(d) The Colombians.

5. Ferdinand de Lesseps lost a son and a wife to cholera in Egypt and invests $7.1 million in hospitals that a Canadian doctor declares the best in the tropics, and an American, decades later, places where?
(a) Ahead of all U.S. care givers.
(b) Comparable in many respects to all U.S. care givers.
(c) Comparable to all U.S. care givers.
(d) Behind all U.S. care givers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yeas were primarily French, yet A.G. Menocal's analysis of the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique canal site vote showed how many were French Society of Engineers members?

2. Ferdinand de Lesseps is from a family entrenched in the diplomatic services, which he enters at age 19, and he becomes interested in construction of canals when?

3. Armand Rousseau's report declares abandoning the Panama project will harm French prestige and advocates what?

4. Who ensures the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique opens in May, the best time to be in Paris, has final say as to the agenda, rules, committee make-up, and entertainment?

5. Lieutenant Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse sails back to New York in early 1879 to buy the Panama Railroad Company, but its president is the major stockholder with the leverage to demand what price?

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