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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 | Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the 19th century, what was the attitude about the Mississippi River?
(a) It was harmless.
(b) People were just confused by the river.
(c) That if you understood the laws of nature, the river could be understood.
(d) It was a raging machine.

2. What was Eads' proposition to change the mouth of the Mississippi River?
(a) A series of jetties.
(b) Changing the course of the river.
(c) Building dams.
(d) Making a series of canals.

3. What did the high river levels threaten in 1912?
(a) To break the dam.
(b) To top the levee before the sandbags come.
(c) To bring sewage into Mississippi.
(d) To wash away all the crops.

4. What percentage of the United States does the Mississippi River drain?
(a) 30%.
(b) 41%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 25%.

5. Why wasn't Humphrey's report accepted well in the United States?
(a) The report didn't make any sense.
(b) The Americans didn't believe him.
(c) The Civil War was happening.
(d) He didn't publish it in the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Humphrey returned from studying deltaic rivers, what did he do?

2. What were the three basic methods that engineers have attempted to control the river?

3. What two things did Humphrey unsuccessfully attempt to do to change the mouth of the Mississippi River?

4. How did Leroy Percy eventually get a seat in Senate despite his popularity decline?

5. What was the weather like in the Prologue as the guests of the social party head home?

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