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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. As Panama shares slip in value by mid-1885, Ferdinand de Lesseps lies to the stockholders stating the task is how far accomplished?
(a) 33%.
(b) Over 50%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 40%.

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

3. After leaving the bottom lands of Panama in late 1879, while en route to Panama City, the Ferdinand de Lesseps entourage follow what river toward the summit at Culebra?
(a) Rio Obispo.
(b) Panama River.
(c) Rio Grande.
(d) Chagres River.

4. Who is installed as Director General of the entire Panama project by Charles de Lesseps to replace Pillipe Bunau-Varilla in mid-1885?
(a) Henri Marechal.
(b) Paul Leroy-Beaulieu.
(c) Lyon Boyer.
(d) J. C. Rodrigues.

5. Which President of the United States is assassinated in 1901?
(a) William McKinley.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) William Howard Taft.
(d) Grover Cleveland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the focus of attention in the final stages?

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

5. The great dam at Gatun, that is 15 times wider at the base than it is high, is how difficult to construct?

(see the answer key)

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