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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the public prosecutor, Jules Quesnay de Beaurepaire, propose in October 1892?
(a) Improbable cause for civil or criminal action.
(b) Criminal trial.
(c) Civil suit for damages.
(d) Both a civil suit and criminal trial.

3. What does Theodore Roosevelt state in his first message to Congress is the reason the U.S. must construct a canal in Central America for?
(a) It is key to U.S. naval supremacy.
(b) For commercial purposes.
(c) To rival Suez.
(d) For humanitarian reasons.

4. Ferdinand de Lesseps' name comes up repeatedly before the Morgan Committee through March 1902, reportedly like a what?
(a) Call to join the nation's project at Panama in support of the U.S. Navy.
(b) Specter warning against Americans getting mired in ruin.
(c) Bond drive in support of the Panamal canal.
(d) Advertisement drive promoting the Panama canal.

5. Chairman Morgan appears happy questioning witnesses in February 1902, and his badgering of Ydouard Lampry, the Compagnie Nouvelle spokesman creates what?
(a) Overblown headlines, but legitimate substance to report.
(b) Overblown headlines and lies reported.
(c) Overblown headlines but no substance to report.
(d) Legitimate headlines, no substance to be reported.

6. The 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique Technical Committe hears proposals for how many passage sites before focusing on the Americans' Nicaraguan and the Wyse plans?
(a) 24.
(b) 6.
(c) 19.
(d) 14.

7. The results of Commander Selfridge's initial orders for exploration in Central America in 1870, together with those of an additional six expeditions, were to be submitted for appraisal to which agency?
(a) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
(b) The Bureau of Science and Engineering (BSE).
(c) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
(d) The Interoceanic Canal Commission (ICC).

8. Days after Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique of 1879 concludes, Ferdinand de Lesseps is behind 270 rich investors who are to receive what upon a firm being legally established?
(a) Founding shares at a bargain price.
(b) Property in Panama along the canal route. at bargain prices.
(c) Tax benefits in France for investing in Panama.
(d) Names inscribed on the Panama Canal Monument.

9. Back in Paris, in mid-1885, Ferdinand de Lesseps stipulates his Panama project ranks how in comparison to Suez?
(a) Ten times more difficult than Suez.
(b) Equally difficult to Suez.
(c) Less difficult than Suez, just longer.
(d) Twice as difficult as Suez.

10. Lieutenant Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse sails back to New York in early 1879 to buy the Panama Railroad Company, but its president is the major stockholder with the leverage to demand what price?
(a) $400 per share, four times the market value.
(b) $300 per share, three times the market value.
(c) $200 per share, two times the market value.
(d) $100 per share, full market value.

11. In which book does the author urge no action be taken prior to experts first comparing the pros and cons of all potential routes in connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
(a) Exploring for a Navigable Route; An Approach to Connect the East and West in a Practical Manner.
(b) Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Span.
(c) Joining the West with the East, a Nineteenth Century Essay.
(d) Connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.

12. Julesa Dingler restores order and confidence upon arrival, distributes the workload, purges the disloyal, and formulates what?
(a) A plan to eliminate requirement for high laborer requirement.
(b) A design for huge dam with 30% steeper banks.
(c) First of several French master plans in Panama.
(d) The only French master plan to be had in Panama.

13. Ferdinand de Lesseps' second attempt at going public, is the largest financial endeavor yet, with each share ($100) representing a year's income for half of France's working class, but may be bought how?
(a) 25% down, five years to pay the rest.
(b) 25% down, six years to pay the rest.
(c) 25% down, balance in equal monthly payments for three years.
(d) 50% down, six years to pay the rest.

14. Which monument unveiling did Ferdinand de Lesseps attend in October of 1886?
(a) The Statue of Liberty.
(b) The Washington Monument.
(c) The London Bridge.
(d) The Eiffel Tower.

15. When, on March 29, 1885, Haitian-born, xenophobic Pedro Prestan and a handful of barefoot followers take six U.S. hostages and demand guns, an American consul orders compliance; what happens next?
(a) Cmdr. Joseph L. Dow moves the gunboat Wachusett and takes control.
(b) Cmdr. Theodore F. Kane moves the gunboat Galena and takes control.
(c) Cmdr. George Burt moves the gunboat Shenandoah and takes control.
(d) Cmdr. William Connor moves the gunboat Tennessee and takes control.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does Navy Secretary George M. Robeson direct Commander Thomas O. Selfridge to the Isthmus of Darien at Caledonia Bay, some 150 miles to the east of the Panama Canal Railroad on January 10, 1870?

2. 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?

3. Which organization is later described as representing the world's first "transcontinental" railroad?

4. 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?

5. Due to continuing slides, the "total cube" of the cut steadily increases, until it appears necessary for the top of the cut to be how far wide to achieve a mathematically stable 1:4 ratio?

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