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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the peak of U.S. work, on any given day, how many steam shovels were operating in the Cut?
(a) 80-90.
(b) 15-25.
(c) 50-60.
(d) 30-40.

2. The Wallace/Stevens departmental system is replaced by what?
(a) Celestial, with each independent of another.
(b) Geographic divisions as in the French period.
(c) Multiple-level class system as in Mexico.
(d) Geological divisions with one atop another.

3. 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) Panama City.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) New York.
(d) San Francisco.

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

5. John Walker does not accept the mosquito theory and insists the solution is what?
(a) Getting rid of garbage, painting houses, and paving streets.
(b) Getting rid of garbage and staying indoors from damp air at night.
(c) Staying indoors from damp air at night and bathing regularly.
(d) Swimming in salt water when possible and not eating local foods.

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

7. Manuel Amador looking to improve sanitation and end centuries of plague, invests what amount of U.S. $10 million payment into urgent public works projects?
(a) $3 million.
(b) $4 million.
(c) $2 million.
(d) $1 million.

8. What takes place subsequent to the arrival of Theodore Perry Shonts and John Stevens in Panama?
(a) Stevens becomes the easygoing, relaxed master of the isthmus.
(b) Shonts becomes the irritating, authoritative master of the isthmus.
(c) Stevens becomes the irritating, authoritative master of the isthmus.
(d) Shonts becomes the easygoing, relaxed master of the isthmus..

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) Phillippe Banau-Varilla, Jose Agustin Arango, and Carlos Constantino Arosemena.
(d) Jose Agustin Arango, Carlos Constantino Arosemena, and Herbert G. Prescott.

10. Who serves as quartermaster general during World War I, finishes his career on Wall Street, and is buried at West Point in 1928?
(a) John Stevens.
(b) Theodore Perry Shonts.
(c) George W. Goethals.
(d) John Findley Wallace.

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

12. Theodore Roosevelt's ship arrives in Panama a day early, so as not to ruin John Steven's schedule, the Presidential party agrees to stay on board overnight, but in the morning the welcoming party finds what?
(a) Roosevelt ashore exploring the waterfront.
(b) Rosevelt in the jungle on a hunting expedition.
(c) Roosevelt having breakfast at a hotel.
(d) Roosevelt's ship gone from port.

13. John Stevens is scheduled to accompany William H. Taft to the Philippines to advise on railroad construction, when who urges John Stevens to go to Panama as John Findley Wallace's successor?
(a) William N. Cromwell.
(b) Charles F. Magoon.
(c) Theodore Perry Shonts.
(d) John Findley Wallace.

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

15. Who lives to read about the opening of the Panama Canal in their quiet retirements?
(a) Charles de Lesseps, Dennis Hart Mahan, and Thomas O. Selfridge.
(b) Ferdinand de Lesseps, Charles de Lesseps, and Phillippe Banau-Varilla.
(c) Phillippe Banau-Varilla, Charles de Lesseps, and Dennis Hart Mahan.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Phillippe Banau-Varilla.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who outmaneuvers the Panamanians into giving the U.S. greater rights in the Canal Zone than it wants?

2. A worker dies of bubonic plague on July 3, 1905, and William Crawford Gorgas immediately orders a campaign to eradicate what?

3. What does Theodore Roosevelt stress in his autobiography as to his action in Panama?.

4. What is the main issue impeding fumigation in U.S. facilities?

5. Who orders commissaries established immediately, even if this will violate agreements with Panama?

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