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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a major impediment to construction of the railroad?
(a) The climate
(b) The terrain
(c) The financing
(d) The natives
2. Where are some of the drawings taken to be cleaned?
(a) Whitney Museum of Art
(b) Metropolitan Museum of Art
(c) The Louvre
(d) New York Blueprint Co.
3. What is the name of Roosevelt's ranch near Medora?
(a) Little Big Ranch
(b) Western White House
(c) Roosevelt Ranch
(d) Elkhorn Ranch
4. What response does Valentine get from public institutions regarding the drawings at first?
(a) Mild interest
(b) Wild enthusiasm
(c) Disdain
(d) No interest
5. When is the bridge officially opened?
(a) May 24, 1865
(b) March 24, 1883
(c) May 24, 1883
(d) May 24, 1893
6. "Agassiz belongs to that class of naturalists who see ___________ in everything."
(a) Perfection
(b) Flaws
(c) Beauty
(d) God
7. Mores becomes a big part of which historical event?
(a) The Dreyfus Affair
(b) The French and Indian War
(c) The Affair of the Necklace
(d) World War I
8. Who is Eva Caten?
(a) Remington's wife
(b) Remington's first art teacher
(c) Remington's favorite portrait subject
(d) Remington's sister
9. What does Remington falsely claim to be?
(a) U.S. Cavalry lieutenant
(b) U.S. Congressman
(c) Wagon train leader
(d) Cowpuncher and Indian fighter
10. From what school is the young artist forced to drop out upon the death of his father?
(a) Yale University
(b) Princeton University
(c) Harvard University
(d) Columbia University
11. Most of the railroad lies in what type of terrain?
(a) Rainforest
(b) Mountains
(c) Desert
(d) Forests
12. Who is Louis Agassiz?
(a) Jefferson's secretary
(b) Humboldt's protege
(c) President of France
(d) Tennis player
13. What does Agassiz turn into a temporary museum filled with his new collection of specimens?
(a) A bathhouse
(b) The natatorium
(c) His garage
(d) The cafeteria
14. Who is the president of the project who dies of malaria on the job?
(a) William Henry Aspinwald
(b) Frederic Remington
(c) John Lloyd Stephens
(d) Henry Chauncey
15. Who is the founder of Medora?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt
(b) Dale Medford
(c) Marquis de Mores
(d) Theodore Roosevelt
Short Answer Questions
1. McCullough wants Americans to learn more about what?
2. What does Remington come to dislike about the West?
3. What does Agassiz consider Darwin's ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION?
4. Who was the New York governor who attended the bridge opening?
5. What does the person in #80 carry across the bridge as a symbol of victory?
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