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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caudill call his tours of Kentucky strip mines for visitors from other states?
(a) Harry's House of Horrors
(b) Harry's Horror Tours
(c) Kentucky's Lesions
(d) Yours, Mine and Theirs Tours

2. To what artist is Plowden's photography compared?
(a) Edward Hopper
(b) Claude Monet
(c) Pablo Picasso
(d) Wassily Kandinsky

3. From which university does Miriam hold an honorary degree?
(a) Oxford
(b) Princeton
(c) Harvard
(d) Duke

4. How many hours does Miriam sleep each night?
(a) 10
(b) 8
(c) 6
(d) 4

5. "South of Kankakee" takes place in what state?
(a) Indiana
(b) Minnesota
(c) Illinois
(d) Wisconsin

6. In what city was Plowden born?
(a) Pittsburgh
(b) New York
(c) Scranton
(d) Boston

7. In what state is the Blue Mountain located?
(a) Colorado
(b) Vermont
(c) Pennsylvania
(d) Tennessee

8. According to McCullough, who is the last U.S. president to have a sense of history?
(a) John F. Kennedy
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(c) Harry S. Truman
(d) William J. Clinton

9. What is the main profession of most Rothschild men?
(a) Politics
(b) Law
(c) Education
(d) Finance

10. What is the name of the building where presidential guests are housed?
(a) The Four Seasons
(b) Blair House
(c) White House Annex
(d) Georgetown Inn

11. What is the timeframe for the subject?
(a) Mid-1960s
(b) Mid-1920s
(c) Mid-1940s
(d) Mid-1820s

12. Miriam Rothschild is known for being a _____________.
(a) naturalist
(b) comic
(c) singer
(d) professor

13. Which of the following does Plowden not arrive in time to photograph before its demise?
(a) The Hoboken Ferry
(b) The Flamingo Hotel
(c) The Scranton Railroad Station
(d) The SS Algosooo

14. What is mined in the state in the answer to #122?
(a) Diamonds
(b) Uranium
(c) Gold
(d) Coal

15. What does McCullough consider enough reason for living in Washington, D.C.?
(a) The National Gallery
(b) The Metro
(c) The White House
(d) Georgetown shopping

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About which president is McCullough writing a biography at this time?

3. Why does Charles Lindbergh's popularity plummet by 1940?

4. "Cross the Blue Mountain" is a remembrance of whom?

5. What is the name of the first Russian satellite launched in 1957?

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