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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. What does Agassiz turn into a temporary museum filled with his new collection of specimens?
(a) A bathhouse
(b) The cafeteria
(c) His garage
(d) The natatorium

2. In what countries do Humboldt and Bonpland spend two years?
(a) Italy, Germany and France
(b) Columbia, Ecuador and Peru
(c) Ireland, Scotland and Wales
(d) Thailand, China, India

3. Who is Louis Agassiz?
(a) President of France
(b) Tennis player
(c) Jefferson's secretary
(d) Humboldt's protege

4. Humboldt and Bonpland explored the New World colonies of which country?
(a) France
(b) Spain
(c) Italy
(d) Great Britain

5. Who does Harriet consider guilty of slavery?
(a) All white Americans
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) George Washington
(d) Southern cotton merchants

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roosevelt head to the Badlands to do?

2. Mores becomes a big part of which historical event?

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

4. Why does Agassiz first come to the United States?

5. Remington illustrates articles written by whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the impetus for the Brooklyn Bridge?

2. For what is the town of Medora most known today?

3. Explain Theodore Roosevelt's interest in the Medora area.

4. What is the topic of "The Builders?"

5. Explain Harriet's familiarity with slavery which allows her to write Uncle Tom's Cabin.

6. What is Agassiz' teaching style at Harvard?

7. What role does Emily Washington play in the building of the bridge?

8. Remington is prolific with his painting and writing but what new medium does he discover which he feels will make him immortal?

9. What is Frederic Remington's background?

10. When is the idea for the Panama Railroad born and who are its creators?

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