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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. Jaques de Reinach is a nominal villain in comparison to whom?
(a) Cornelius Herz.
(b) Ydouard Drumont.
(c) Ferdinand Martin.
(d) Alexandre Ribot.

2. At the peak of U.S. work, on any given day, how many steam shovels were operating in the Cut?
(a) 15-25.
(b) 80-90.
(c) 50-60.
(d) 30-40.

3. When Josy Vincente Concha resigns in nervous exhaustion, he is replaced by career diplomat Tomas Herran, fluent in English and popular in Washington, and Herran proves to be what?
(a) Equally cautious as Concha.
(b) More cautious than the State Department hoped.
(c) Far less cautious than the State Department expected.
(d) Less cautious than the State Department anticipated.

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 propaganda tool intended to keep laborers steadfast.
(c) Give an accurate, up-to-date picture of the progress.
(d) Use as a sealant of buildings in preparation for fumigation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Hero" is a reference to the esteem surrounding Ferdinand de Lesseps at what point in history?

2. Sen. Spooner offers a Hepburn Bill amendment authorizing the President to acquire the Panama property and concessions for no more than $40 million, only if Colombia relinquishes what?

3. The "Great Panic" in the Canal Zone results in what?

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?

5. A Panamanian National Constitutional Convention is held on January 15, 1904, and a National Assembly elects whom as President?

(see the answer key)

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