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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Company physicians agree on what as the best advice regarding the maladies associated with Panama?
(a) Avoid getting wet to protect against night air.
(b) Stay out of the hot sun.
(c) Eat no fruit.
(d) Leave the Isthmus quickly.

3. Both Napoleonic types, Philippe Banau-Varilla and William Nelson Cromwell are the "Panama Lobby" spokesmen, the latter a corporate lawyer with a mystery reputation who pulls strings, what is his motto?
(a) "Accidents don't happen."
(b) "I don't have time to waste."
(c) "I have not lost a case yet."
(d) "If I had a nickel for every time I heard that."

4. Which organization is later described as representing the world's first "transcontinental" railroad?
(a) The San Francisco-Boston Railway.
(b) The Panama Steam Line Corporation.
(c) The Panama Railroad Company.
(d) The Union Pacific Railroad Company.

5. Upon their arrival in Panama in late 1879, Ferdinand de Lesseps and his group take the train into the jungle and enter the valley of what wide, brown, looping waterway?
(a) Rio Grande.
(b) Panama River.
(c) Chagres River.
(d) Rio Obispo.

6. On March 10, 1902, the Morgan Committee reports out the Hepburn Bill favorably, recommending what?
(a) 6-5 a Panama canal.
(b) 7-4 a Nicaragua canal.
(c) 9-2 a Panama canal.
(d) 10-1 a Nicaragua canal.

7. The Morgan Committee rejects the Walker Commission recommendations, the Senate debates the issues for two weeks, and Mt. Pelye's explosion and a Nicaraguan stamp turn odds how?
(a) 100-1 odds against Panama into a narrow 42-34 win.
(b) 10-1 odds against Panama into a narrow 42-34 win.
(c) 50-1 odds against Panama into a narrow 42-34 win.
(d) 75-1 odds against Panama into a narrow 42-34 win.

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

9. Based on various exploratory expeditions through 1875, at least how many points in Central America are determined to be sufficiently narrow to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 19.

10. Beyond maps and plans, what is Lieutenant Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse refused access to in 1878?
(a) A meeting with Admiral Daniel Ammen.
(b) A conference with Dr. Christian Francis Stephenson.
(c) An interview with Commandant Harold O. McDonald.
(d) A forum with Vice Admiral T. J. Miller.

11. On his 1879 trip to New York, Lieutenant Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse travels to Washington and sees whom?
(a) Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Admiral Daniel Ammen; Secretary of State William Evarts; and President Rutherford B. Hayes.
(b) Director of Naval Archives, Christian Francis Stephenson; Secretary of State William Evarts; and Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Chief of Navigational Planning, Vice Admiral T. J. Miller; Secretary of State William Evarts; and President Rutherford B. Hayes.
(d) Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Admiral Daniel Ammen; Secretary of State William Evarts; and President James A. Garfield.

12. In late 1879, a large entourage sails to Panama arriving in what season?
(a) Hurricane.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Typhoon.
(d) Dry.

13. Three weeks following the arrival of news of the Colon fire in Paris, Ferdinand de Lesseps achieves the ultimate honor, induction where?
(a) Acadymie Manigance le Franzaise.
(b) Instituons Franzaise.
(c) Instituons Edifiant le Franzaise.
(d) Acadymie Franzaise.

14. When Jules Dingler quits upon approaching mental and physical collapse and Maurice Hutin steps in for a month before resigning also, who becomes acting head of the entire effort?
(a) William Kimball.
(b) Phillipe Bunau-Varilla.
(c) Jaques Jonett.
(d) Alexander de Duponte.

15. U.S. delegate Commander Selfridge raises what issue regarding Nicaragua while at the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique in Paris?
(a) Its history of floods and earthquakes.
(b) Its history of volcanic disturbances and typhoons.
(c) Its history of typhoons and hurricanes.
(d) Its history of volcanic disturbances and earthquakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Theodore Roosevelt is in what position when he initially thrusts himself into shaping policy for an American canal?

2. Which delegate, so eager not to miss the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique opening remarks, leaves his bags behind and has to purchase appropriate attire and call a barber in?

3. On May 2, 1902, the second key swaying event following the Morgan Committee reports is Mount Pelye exploding on Martinique; how far away and how many killed?

4. According to newspapers, why does Le-Shu-Chang receive the longest applause when the opportunity to rise for recognition at the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique comes?

5. Lieutenants Lucien Napoleon-Bonaparte Wyse and Armand Reclus plan a sea-level canal for Central America between Wyse's 1878 and 1879 visits to Washington, while Ferdinand de Lesseps does what?

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