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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. Modest progress is made under Chief Engineer John Findley Wallace, but ends when a medley of tropical diseases results in a "Great Panic" and exodus of American engineers in what year?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1904.

2. Who is hired as America's first chief engineer for the canal project, with the understanding he need not move to the isthmus?
(a) John Stevens.
(b) George W. Goethals.
(c) John Findley Wallace.
(d) Theodore Perry Shonts.

3. In late 1879, a large entourage sails to Panama arriving in what season?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Typhoon.
(c) Dry.
(d) Hurricane.

4. 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.

5. A Saint Gotthard Tunnel engineer, Ribourt, warned the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique that, even 24 hours a day, the Wyse plan including a tunnel would take how long?
(a) No less than 9 years.
(b) No less than 11 years.
(c) No less than 10 years.
(d) Noless than 7 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Secretary of State William Evarts agrees to send Admiral Daniel Ammen and A. G. Menocal to the 1879 Paris Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique in what capacity?

2. William Crawford Gorgas gathers data on how weather and topography affect Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malarial parasite to humans, and discovers what?

3. Gustave Eiffel eventually is able to clear his name, but what does he do afterward?

4. Transfer of the Canal Zone on May 4, 1904, is not ceremonial as Lieutenant Mark Brooke receives keys to the storehouses and hospital, signs a receipt, and the U.S. flag is raised where?

5. Crews respond by competing how to top the published excavation statistics?

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