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

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

3. In a special message to Congress on January 4, 1904, Theodore Roosevelt claims what nation violates a U.S. mandate to build the canal, the "great design" of the 1846 treaty to secure its construction?
(a) Colombia.
(b) Panama.
(c) Nicaragua.
(d) Mexico.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. William Crawford Gorgas gathers data on how weather and topography affect Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malarial parasite to humans, and discovers what?

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

4. The ICC's new Chairman, Theodore Perry Shonts, is best described how?

5. Lieutenant Colonel William Crawford Gorgas, despite opposition from bureaucrats, maintains the biggest challenge is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the initial Chief Engineer, John F. Wallace, let go?

2. What became of Phillippee Banau-Varilla?

3. Which of the three presidents that the Panama Canal is built under is most crucial to it?

4. What does George Washington Goethals do after the canal is completed?

5. What critical event can be associated with Theodore Roosevelt and the date of January 4, 1904?

6. How is it the U.S. must come to grips with Article 35 of the Bidack Treaty in regard to Panama?

7. What is the focus of attention from 1907-1913?

8. What is it about May 4, 1904, that makes it a significant date in the history of the Canal Zone?

9. George Washington Goethals did not have the easy way with people as his predecessor John Stevens did, so what steps did he take for effective leadership?

10. What is the social life like in Panama for canal workers during Goethals' time?

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