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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vocabulary and _________________ are particularly important to Richter's writing.
(a) irony
(b) humor
(c) verb tense
(d) phraseology

2. What response does Valentine get from public institutions regarding the drawings at first?
(a) No interest
(b) Disdain
(c) Wild enthusiasm
(d) Mild interest

3. Humboldt is the first European to ___________________________________.
(a) sense the greatness of America's Incan and Mayan civilizations
(b) fly from Paris to New York
(c) sail through the Panama Canal
(d) create a botanical garden

4. Which of the following is not a reason why strip mining is so popular?
(a) It creates no psychological fear
(b) It takes fewer men
(c) It is safer than working underground
(d) It doesn't take as long

5. Who takes over the project when John Roebling dies?
(a) Richard Remington
(b) Washington Roebling
(c) Warner Roebling
(d) U.S. Grant

Short Answer Questions

1. _______________ called Harriet "the little woman who made this big war."

2. Roosevelt's family attribute his presidency and his Rough Riders to ______________________.

3. Where does Agassiz take a summer expedition in 1848?

4. In addition to aviation, at what other skill do the aviators excel?

5. What did Harriet's famous book prompt?

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