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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A worker dies of bubonic plague on July 3, 1905, and William Crawford Gorgas immediately orders a campaign to eradicate what?
(a) All rodents.
(b) Rats.
(c) Stray dogs and cats.
(d) Mosquitoes.

2. What does Theodore Roosevelt stress in his autobiography as to his action in Panama?.
(a) Maintains it was not impulsive.
(b) He had to take quick action, or none at all.
(c) Admits in hindsight it was impulsive.
(d) It was not impulsive, the situation called for quick action.

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

4. Theodore Roosevelt declares he would have recommended the Congress take possession of the isthmus had the Panamanians not revolted, as which nation is not a responsible power?
(a) Nicaragua.
(b) Colombia.
(c) Panama.
(d) Mexico.

5. Where does Manuel Amador send a coded telegram to on October 28, 1903?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Panama City.
(d) Washington, D.C.

6. Transfer of the Canal Zone on May 4, 1904, is not ceremonial as Lieutenant Mark Brooke receives keys to the storehouses and hospital, signs a receipt, and the U.S. flag is raised where?
(a) Over a hospital.
(b) Over a storeroom.
(c) At canal construction site near Panama City.
(d) Over a hotel.

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

8. The "Great Panic" in the Canal Zone results in what?
(a) An exodus of service personnel back to their homelands.
(b) An exodus of Panamanians to Nicaragua.
(c) A demand for outgoing trains that cannot be kept up with.
(d) A demand for outgoing boats that cannot be kept up with.

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

10. The Hay-Banau-Varilla Treaty resembles Hay-Herran in wording, but expands the width of the Canal Zone to how many miles?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

11. How many years does it take to build the locks?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

12. Social life in the Canal Zone during George W. Goethals' era is best described how?
(a) Equal for white majority and black minority.
(b) Idyllic for white majority, hellish for black minority.
(c) Equal for white minority and the black majority.
(d) Idyllic for white minority, hellish for black majority.

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

14. Modest progress is made under Chief Engineer John Findley Wallace, but ends when a medley of tropical diseases results in a "Great Panic" and exodus of American engineers in what year?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1905.

15. What is the key to the lock enterprise?
(a) Balancing gates through wide weight dispersal.
(b) Using water to make gates virtually weightless.
(c) Pressurized air lifts gates and propels movement.
(d) Using aluminum in place of steel reduces weight.

Short Answer 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?

2. Marie Gorgas provides the best impressions of the American era in Panama, noting Colon is "unspeakably dirty" and depressing and the jungle is what?

3. How have George W. Goethals' successors followed his aesthetic and military decision by allowing the jungle to get how close to the shore?

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?

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

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