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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An initial stock offering after the1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique goes poorly, so Ferdinand de Lesseps gives back investors' funds, has another issue offered, and declares what?
(a) The survey requirement of the Wyse Concession is void.
(b) A double return within three years is guaranteed.
(c) He will depart for Panama with a team of experts by October 1879.
(d) He will complete the survey required by the Wyse Concession.

2. Which monument unveiling did Ferdinand de Lesseps attend in October of 1886?
(a) The Eiffel Tower.
(b) The Statue of Liberty.
(c) The London Bridge.
(d) The Washington Monument.

3. According to newspapers, why does Le-Shu-Chang receive the longest applause when the opportunity to rise for recognition at the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique comes?
(a) Because China was expected to provide the labor to dig the canal.
(b) China was recognized for constructng the 999-room palace in Lhasa, Tibet.
(c) China was recognized for constructing the large dams and the Great Wall by engineers.
(d) The Chinese delegation had come the farthest distance.

4. The results of Commander Selfridge's initial orders for exploration in Central America in 1870, together with those of an additional six expeditions, were to be submitted for appraisal to which agency?
(a) The Interoceanic Canal Commission (ICC).
(b) The Bureau of Science and Engineering (BSE).
(c) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
(d) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

5. In July of 1886, Ferdinand de Lesseps requests and gets a vote of confidence, then proposes a Suez-style lottery bond issue to raise how much?
(a) $40 million.
(b) $20 million.
(c) $80 million.
(d) $60 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the U.S. establishes a naval base at Cuba, annexes Hawaii, and acquires Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico, the canal Theodore Roosevelt has been advocating becomes what?

2. Since William Nelson Cromwell has White House access, which John Tyler Morgan reportedly hates him for, what does Cromwell view that as proof of?

3. Ferdinand de Lesseps' second attempt at going public, is the largest financial endeavor yet, with each share ($100) representing a year's income for half of France's working class, but may be bought how?

4. In what way does author David McCullough find all early 19th-century canal plans preposterous?

5. What 100+ edition, 1,000+ page book holding Jews responsible for all woes appears in 1886, and when the Compagnie Universelle fails, whose "history" of the firm is a best seller in 1890?

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