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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of business does John Roebling start from scratch?
(a) A wire business.
(b) A wood business.
(c) A steel business.
(d) A glass business.

2. 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) Steamboats.
(d) Airplanes.

3. Which of the following descriptions best describes Brooklyn Mayor, Martin Kalbfleisch?
(a) Foul mouthed and hard drinking.
(b) Sweet tempered and morbidly obese.
(c) Painfully shy and wire thin.
(d) Tyranically conservative.

4. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of John Roebling's sons?
(a) Ferdinand.
(b) Charles.
(c) Gregory.
(d) Edmund.

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes William Tweed's business style?
(a) Crooked.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Philanthropic.
(d) Honest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following names is NOT one of the engineers who attempts to build a bridge in this chapter?

2. Which river in Pennsylvania does John famously carry the canal across?

3. What position does Washington Roebling take on his father's construction team?

4. Which of the following poets is a supporter of Roebling's bridge project?

5. Ellet offers $5 to the first boy who can do what across his bridge over the Ohio River?

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