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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. John Stevens is scheduled to accompany William H. Taft to the Philippines to advise on railroad construction, when who urges John Stevens to go to Panama as John Findley Wallace's successor?
(a) Theodore Perry Shonts.
(b) Charles F. Magoon.
(c) William N. Cromwell.
(d) John Findley Wallace.

2. Theodore Roosevelt declares he would have recommended the Congress take possession of the isthmus had the Panamanians not revolted, as which nation is not a responsible power?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Panama.
(c) Colombia.
(d) Nicaragua.

3. 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?
(a) Over a hotel.
(b) Over a storeroom.
(c) At canal construction site near Panama City.
(d) Over a hospital.

4. William Crawford Gorgas gathers data on how weather and topography affect Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malarial parasite to humans, and discovers what?
(a) Direct sunlight and rain are lethal to them, strong air currents are not.
(b) Direct sunlight, rain, and strong air currents are lethal to them.
(c) Direct sunlight, rain, and strong air currents have no effect on them.
(d) Direct sunlight and strong air currents are lethal to them, rain is not.

5. The liquidator's ordering a halt to work on the Isthmus instigates what among workers and shareholders?
(a) A run on financial institutions.
(b) Polite petition for redress.
(c) They want to forget it.
(d) Violent riots.

Short Answer Questions

1. The average death rate in the final year among whites is 2.06 per thousand, and what per thousand among blacks?

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

3. George W. Goethals starts a weekly newspaper, the Canal Record, for what purpose?

4. John Stevens feels the Panama Canal can be completed by January 1914, but doubts a sea- level version can be prior to what year?

5. "The Incredible Task" is the subtitle for Chapter 5 which chronicles the initial years of the Compagnie Universelle, marked by what?

(see the answer key)

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