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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a job Kingsley works before becoming a fundraiser for the Brooklyn Bridge?
(a) Park cleaner.
(b) Bridge builder.
(c) Street paver.
(d) Sewer drainer.

2. What is Roebling rubbed down with to return his circulation?
(a) Salt and Whiskey.
(b) Hemp and Cloves.
(c) Tea and Butter.
(d) Sugar and Lime.

3. Which of the following modes of transportation stops the construction of "The Biggest Bridge in the World" in 1846?
(a) Passenger trains.
(b) Bicycles.
(c) Airplanes.
(d) Steamboats.

4. What are the New York aldermen nicknamed in the 1850s?
(a) The "Golden Parachutes."
(b) The "Band of Horsemen."
(c) The "Forty Theives."
(d) The "Flying Dutchmen."

5. What does "The Heroic Mode" promise to cure?
(a) Laziness.
(b) The bends.
(c) Weak metal frames.
(d) Alcoholism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of business does John Roebling start from scratch?

2. How many gallons of water are used to extinguish the fire in the caisson?

3. How fast will the cable cars that travel the Brooklyn Bridge travel?

4. When the cable car successfully travels from Brooklyn to Manhattan, what do the newspapers dub the journey?

5. How long does Roebling spend in Trenton at the advice of his doctors?

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