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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which book does the author urge no action be taken prior to experts first comparing the pros and cons of all potential routes in connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
(a) Joining the West with the East, a Nineteenth Century Essay.
(b) Connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.
(c) Exploring for a Navigable Route; An Approach to Connect the East and West in a Practical Manner.
(d) Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Span.

2. 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) He will complete the survey required by the Wyse Concession.
(c) He will depart for Panama with a team of experts by October 1879.
(d) A double return within three years is guaranteed.

3. Beyond maps and plans, what is Lieutenant Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse refused access to in 1878?
(a) A forum with Vice Admiral T. J. Miller.
(b) A conference with Dr. Christian Francis Stephenson.
(c) An interview with Commandant Harold O. McDonald.
(d) A meeting with Admiral Daniel Ammen.

4. When, on March 29, 1885, Haitian-born, xenophobic Pedro Prestan and a handful of barefoot followers take six U.S. hostages and demand guns, an American consul orders compliance; what happens next?
(a) Cmdr. George Burt moves the gunboat Shenandoah and takes control.
(b) Cmdr. William Connor moves the gunboat Tennessee and takes control.
(c) Cmdr. Theodore F. Kane moves the gunboat Galena and takes control.
(d) Cmdr. Joseph L. Dow moves the gunboat Wachusett and takes control.

5. Who rebuilds Colon after it goes up in flames, killing 18 and leaving some 8,000 homeless?
(a) French engineer officials.
(b) "Seabees" (construction battalions of the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy).
(c) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
(d) Railroad officials.

Short Answer Questions

1. U.S. delegate Commander Selfridge raises what issue regarding Nicaragua while at the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique in Paris?

2. Going past Panama swamp in late 1879, Ferdinand de Lesseps and others reach a huge, iron bridge washed out by the worst recorded flood at Barbacoas, so they cross the river how to board another train?

3. The Chamber of Deputies is lobbied by stockholders to grant a Suez-style lottery bond issue proposed by Ferdinand de Lesseps, and he announces what?

4. Who is the Turr Syndicate directed by?

5. To eliminate rumors he is terminally ill, Ferdinand de Lesseps goes where?

(see the answer key)

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