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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does John Roebling die?
(a) Old age
(b) Tetanus
(c) Heart disease
(d) Cancer

2. Where does Valentine find documents related to the bridge?
(a) The carpentry shop
(b) Roebling's home
(c) A bank vault
(d) The New York Public Library

3. What does Plowden lack to be a newspaper photographer?
(a) Thick skin
(b) Perseverance
(c) A long lens
(d) Interviewing skills

4. Why does Agassiz first come to the United States?
(a) To go on a Lecture Tour
(b) To teach at Yale
(c) To find a wife
(d) To meet the president

5. When does a show exhibiting the documents open in New York?
(a) May 1876
(b) May 1976
(c) March 1976
(d) April 1975

Short Answer Questions

1. To what artist is Plowden's photography compared?

2. Where are some of the drawings taken to be cleaned?

3. Who rides in the first carriage across the bridge?

4. Two of Roebling's successful projects were in ______________ and Niagara Falls.

5. Aviation is a common cause destined to ______________________.

(see the answer key)

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