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

2. After forming his private investment syndicate, Ferdinand de Lesseps next obtains the Wyse Concession when he purchases the Turr Syndicate for $2 million to be paid how?
(a) All in cash.
(b) 1/2 in cash and 1/2 in new company stock.
(c) 1/4 in cash, and 3/4 in new company stock.
(d) All in new company stock.

3. Once digging the "Great Trench" starts at Emperador on January 20, 1882, it moves how quickly?
(a) Much slower than expected in the dry season.
(b) Much faster than expected in the rainy season.
(c) Faster than expected in the dry season.
(d) Slower than expected in the dry season.

4. Secretary of State William Evarts agrees to send Admiral Daniel Ammen and A. G. Menocal to the 1879 Paris Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique in what capacity?
(a) Diplomatic functionaries, Ammen a military role and Menocal a civilian.
(b) Official Navy Department observers, not authorized delegates.
(c) Authorized delegates, not diplomatic functionaries.
(d) Diplomatic functionaries, not authorized voting delegates.

5. What is the main issue impeding fumigation in U.S. facilities?
(a) Lack of chemical fumigants.
(b) Lack of newsprint to seal buildings.
(c) Lack of devices to dispense fumes.
(d) Climate is too humid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jaques de Reinach is a nominal villain in comparison to whom?

2. Who offers a solution letting Ferdinand de Lesseps extract himself honorably and gain income from tolls coming in?

3. In the fall of 1902 as discussions of Canal Zone sovereignty reach a critical point, civil war erupts on the Isthmus and Theodore Roosevelt takes what action?

4. What other term or phrase describes Phillippe Banau-Varilla besides bold, vain, personable, energetic, practical, and brilliant?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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