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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cholera kills 48 of 50 technicians and 150 soldiers and dependents en route to duty in Panama in 1852, yet which Fourth Infantry member survives and becomes President?
(a) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(b) Andrew Johnson.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

2. The Canal Record, reliable in most respects, includes nothing about what?
(a) Politics, government, or budgeting of the canal project.
(b) Divorce, alcoholism, abuse or addiction to drugs, or other negative topics.
(c) Black weddings, social affairs, births, and obituaries.
(d) Deaths or illnesses of any kind within the Canal Zone.

3. What is the focus of attention in the final stages?
(a) Improvement in conditions.
(b) Locks.
(c) Dam.
(d) Canal size.

4. The United States is granted exclusive right of transit across the Isthmus of Panama upon the signing of what document with Colombia in 1846?
(a) The Panama Canal Charter.
(b) The Panamanian Isthmus Pact.
(c) The Bidlack Treaty.
(d) The Atlantic and Pacific Accord.

5. The Compagnie Universelle incorporates on March 3, 1881, with whom as officers?
(a) Henri Bionne, President; Charles de Lesseps, Secretary General; and Ferdinand de Lesseps, Director.
(b) Ferdinand de Lesseps, President; Henri Bionne, Secretary General; and Charles de Lesseps, Director.
(c) Ferdinand de Lesseps, President; Charles de Lesseps, Secretary General; and Henri Bionne, Director.
(d) Charles de Lesseps, President; Henri Bionne, Secretary General; and Ferdinand de Lesseps, Director.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Adventure by Trigonometry" is the subtitle of Chapter 12, detailing how the U.S. moves from what to what?

2. 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?

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

4. John Walker asks Compagnie Nouvelle to verify it's franchises and title in Pa nama in April 1901, gets no reply by June, and has William Cromwell ask directly how much his client wants. They reply how?

5. When is the rainy season and how much is dropped along the line cutting through seven miles of swamps and marsh, beyond Gatun?

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