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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Although Lieutenant Lucien Napoleon-Bonaparte Wyse completes his trip to Bogota, Colombia, in mid-May of 1878, and subsequently conducts a preliminary trip to Nicaragua, where does the lieutenant travel next?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.

4. When is the sanitation problem remedied at Colon when the town burns to the ground?
(a) March 29, 1885.
(b) March 31, 1885.
(c) March 30, 1885.
(d) April 1, 1885.

5. What are the three main routes from the East to the West coasts of the U.S. in January of 1848, when gold is discovered in California?
(a) Across the North American continent, east around the Horn of Africa, and through the Great Lakes and various western rivers of the North American continent.
(b) Across the North American continent, over the Isthmus of Panama, and east through the Suez Canal.
(c) Across the North American continent, east around the Horn of Africa, and over the Isthmus of Panama.
(d) East around the Horn of Africa, around South America, and over the Isthmus of Panama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Armand Rousseau's report declares abandoning the Panama project will harm French prestige and advocates what?

2. 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?

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?

4. Since William Nelson Cromwell has White House access, which John Tyler Morgan reportedly hates him for, what does Cromwell view that as proof of?

5. Phillippe Banau-Varilla's Cincinnati civic speech of building a shorter, cheaper alternate to Nicaragua, glosses over mudslides, disease, his stock holdings, and adds what new theme to the debate?

Short Essay Questions

1. In mid-November 1887, what sort of new locks does Ferdinand de Lesseps state Alexandre Gustava Eiffel will be designing and building?

2. What is notable about the date of October 20, 1893?

3. Why is it yellow fever causes instant panic in comparison to other tropical diseases?

4. What is the result of Gaston Blanchet's proposal for a 400' wide swath to ease surveying?

5. What does Ferdinand de Lesseps accomplish between the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique in Paris and sailing for Panama in December that year?

6. What role does Chicago Times-Herald reporter Walter Wellman play in the Central American canal scenario?

7. What critical things transpire in regard to the French canal project in July 1886?

8. How does the press report the situation three weeks subsequent to the fire destroying Colon?

9. What are the essential elements, pros and cons, to A.G. Menocal's canal proposal?

10. Why is it that Ferdinand de Lesseps takes on doing the Suez Canal?

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