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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. William Cromwell, on June 13, 1903, leaks to the New York World paper he had a talk with Theodore Roosevelt about recognizing a secessionist Republic of Panama should what continue?
(a) Nicaragua sending forces into Panama.
(b) Colombia being greedy.
(c) Colombia not dealing fairly with Chile.
(d) Colombia ignoring Panama's king.

2. Who pays Colombia $25 million in indemnities in 1925?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Warren G. Harding.
(c) Calvin Coolidge.
(d) William Howard Taft.

3. 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 strong air currents are lethal to them, rain is not.
(b) Direct sunlight, rain, and strong air currents have no effect on them.
(c) Direct sunlight and rain are lethal to them, strong air currents are not.
(d) Direct sunlight, rain, and strong air currents are lethal to them.

4. John F. Wallace has a job offer he cannot say "no" to, but William H. Taft feels betrayed as he tailored the new ICC to his wishes, and confronts him to dress him down and demand a resignation where?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) New York.
(c) Panama City.
(d) San Francisco.

5. No sitting President has left the country before, so what is the reaction when Theodore Roosevelt announces he will visit Panama?
(a) No concern for or against in Panama.
(b) Limited support or approval.
(c) Great excitement.
(d) Uncertainty in the U.S.

6. For American tourists crowding trains, as impressive as they find the Gatun Dam, locks, and Culebra Cut, what gives them the greatest patriotic pride?
(a) "Vanquishing of pestilence."
(b) Completing a task decades in the making.
(c) Connecting the massive Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
(d) Greatest manmade structure to date.

7. "The Man with the Sun in His Eyes," the subtitle for Chapter 18, refers to Theodore Roosevelt's 1906 visit to the isthmus, where he takes everything in how?
(a) Blinded by the sprucing up for his viewing.
(b) Absorbing all during the daytime.
(c) It was his initial experience outside the U.S.
(d) With childlike enthusiasm.

8. 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?
(a) Dispatches a State Department negotiating team.
(b) None, as he has no legislative approval.
(c) Sends in the Marines to secure the railroad.
(d) Sends in the Army to secure the railroad.

9. A movement begins in Panama in July 1903, as 25-26 gather to talk revolution, including which leaders?
(a) William Cromwell, Phillippe Banau-Varilla, and Carlos Constantino Arosemena.
(b) Phillippe Banau-Varilla, Jose Agustin Arango, and Henry G. Prescott.
(c) Jose Agustin Arango, Carlos Constantino Arosemena, and Herbert G. Prescott.
(d) Phillippe Banau-Varilla, Jose Agustin Arango, and Carlos Constantino Arosemena.

10. What three men is the lock design and engineering largely the work of?
(a) Charles de Lesseps, Edward Schildhauer, and Henry Goldmark.
(b) Edward Schildhauer, Henry Goldmark, and William H. Welch.
(c) George W. Goethals, Henry Goldmark, and Lt. Col. Hodges.
(d) Lieutenant Colonel Hodges, Edward Schildhauer, and Henry Goldmark.

11. When do Theodore Perry Shonts and John Stevens land without ceremony at Colon?
(a) July 26, 1905.
(b) December 15, 1906.
(c) July 26, 1904.
(d) December 15, 1905.

12. Dr. William Henry Welch of Johns Hopkins Medical School convinces Theodore Roosevelt to assign a sanitary officer. Why is Welch's former student, William Crawford Gorgas, chosen?
(a) He survived yellow fever, making him immune to it thereafter.
(b) He is the most senior U.S. medical officer with experience in the jungle.
(c) He is the foremost U.S. authority on tropical disease.
(d) His mentor was General Walter Reed, a senior U.S. Army physician.

13. Who outmaneuvers the Panamanians into giving the U.S. greater rights in the Canal Zone than it wants?
(a) William Nelson Cromwell.
(b) Phillippe Banau-Varilla.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Tomas Herran.

14. Why is marriage encouraged in the Canal Zone?
(a) Reduces sick rate.
(b) Fewer workers involved in disturbances after hours.
(c) Stabilizes workers' lives.
(d) Lower rate of workers wanting vacation time.

15. "Adventure by Trigonometry" is the subtitle of Chapter 12, detailing how the U.S. moves from what to what?
(a) Talking with Panama, but covertly readying support for Colombian revolution.
(b) Talking with Panama, but covertly readying support for a revolution there.
(c) Talking with Colombia, but covertly readying support for Panamanian revolution.
(d) Talking with Nicaragua, but covertly readying support for Panamanian revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who serves as quartermaster general during World War I, finishes his career on Wall Street, and is buried at West Point in 1928?

2. When does the Pacific fleet pass through the Panama Canal relative to Theodore Roosevelt's death, and does he view it?

3. For an overall view of the Gatun dam site, Theodore Roosevelt races up the hillside and takes a look, and then the most famous moment of his trip takes place when Roosevelt does what?

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

5. Who heads the U.S. Army's medical service during World War I and dies in London in 1920?

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